the amount of gold contained in your smartphone is likely not substantial enough to make it a worthwhile pursuit. For instance, experts on gold indicate that it would require multiple phones to extract a single gram of gold.
This raises an interesting follow-up question: How much gold can you find in your old laptop? Given that laptops are typically larger than smartphones and consist of more parts, one might anticipate a slightly higher gold content. Indeed, gold is utilized rather extensively within a computer, primarily for circuit boards, connectors, and various other contacts. However, despite its presence in several areas, the total amount of gold within a laptop remains relatively minimal and would yield little value if harvested and refined.
SD Bullion approximates that around one-fifth of a gram of gold is incorporated within the average computer, perhaps even a bit more. Laptops are generally on the smaller side of computers, and SD Bullion suggests that each one contains roughly a tenth of a gram of gold. Like smartphones, that’s not a significant amount, but could become valuable in bulk … provided you were prepared to disassemble hundreds of devices to make it economically viable. Consider the labor involved in gathering the devices, dismantling them, and then sorting and melting the materials!