Why do so many behave like sheep and buy the latest iPhone or whatever?

( Except sheep would be too smart to act like human sheep.)
I wonder how many - even over educated folks - realize how much impact just buying a new cell phone impacts our planet? From our landfills to increasing conflicts in Africa - from slave labor to environmental damage.
http://video.planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/conflict-minerals-congo-act.html

I personally am into technology and depend on the value smartphones, my pc, laptop, and any other device I own brings. But I've never really been a fan of iPhone - just think it's so overrated. I'm more of an Android kind of girl myself. As far as the environmental damage, that is definitely an issue that must be considered - but I unfortunately don't think it will move the world to stop buying iPhones and other devices.

I wasn't making an environmental/political statement when I got my "free" iPhone 4, I was just getting out of an Android HTC that sucked. It also fit nicely with my iPod that I have carried for almost 2 years.

  • Why don't many people like the iPhone 5c? The iPhone 5c isn't really the best phone. It acts like any other iPhone. I have a 5c. It's cheap. So if people don't have very much money. This would be a great phone. Apple doesn't show many commercials about it anymore. It's people just hate it. What's wrong with it?
  • Who wants to join my clan in clash or clans for iPhone iPad iPod or I whatever? My clan is called the invincibles you need 1000 trophies to join and we're a high donating clan I will invite you if you are interested just tell me your clash of clans name and level and amount of trophies so it is easy to find you thanks.
  • Is your iphone spied on and whatever you do on it someone knows exactly what your doing? For example I know Facebook and things like that are monitored, but on an iphone the apps such as the notes, the weather, the pictures, the videos maps and mail etc, are they monitored too and spied on by people who are monitoring everything you do on your iphone? If just say you wrote something on notes and deleted the note, is that note stashed somewhere in a folder or cache for others to spy on and retrieve who are working behind the iphone?
  • Is tbere any major différence between thé iPhone 6 and the 6s? Whooppeee is Xmas again and my daughter wants new 2nd hand) iPhone… 2 years ago almost bought her 5 before i réaliséd that it was 5s she wanted ( cos thé 5 sucks?) And I don't want to screw up this year…