The amount of electronics thrown away rather than recycled in 2007.
The EPA reports that 82% of electronics disposal in 2007 ended up in the garbage (mostly landfills) rather than a recycling center. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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Not quite, Brian. You have to be eligible to upgrade, and eligibility requirements differ between carriers. Some require you to wait 22 months since intitial service agreement/last upgrade date, while others require you to have the same exact handset for either one or two years before you become eligible for any sort of discount.
And even then, many times the upgrade price is not as good as the new customer price.