How much gold is in a smartphone?
In very rough numbers, there are 10 troy ounc -Troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily used for precious metals and gemstones.-of gold (or about three-fifths of a pound) per ton of smartphones. Ten thousand phones weigh one ton.
How about a laptop?
Two hundred laptops would yield five troy ounces of gold.
How much is in an average desktop?
A PC circuit board, where the gold is, weighs about a pound. If you had a ton of those boards, you should have 5 troy ounces of gold.
