Estimating the Cost of Wasted Energy During Overcharging Smartphones and Using COVID19 Apps

Estimating the Cost of Wasted Energy During Overcharging Smartphones and Using COVID19 Apps

Energy-Consumption

Smartphones

Sustainability

User-Behavior

COVID19

Energy wastage through irresponsible smartphone use comprises a significant sum. Using a secondary desk-based literature review, this paper evaluates con-temporary literature to calculate an approximate estimate of the amount of energy wasted through irresponsible smartphone use by US users on an annual basis. Conservative estimates purely based on overcharging of smartphones in the US suggest that the figure is in excess of US$400m per annum. A variety of factors contribute to irresponsible smartphone use, which are predominantly behavioral in nature. This paper highlights some of the impacts of excessive smartphone use and considers steps which might be taken by users themselves to reduce energy wastage during smartphone use. In addition, suggestions are made to manufac-turers to help them ‘nudge’ users into more responsible behavior through the principles of behavioral economics.

Almasri, Abdullah Mahmoud

Gouveia, Luis Borges

Fernandes, Samanta Souza

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 16 No. 14 (2022); pp. 201-210

1865-7923

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

2022-07-26

Copyright (c) 2022 Abdullah M F Almasri, Luis Borges Gouveia, Samanta Souza Fernandes

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