I started looking at 2nd-hand mobile phones just to see if I could find a dirt cheap one for tinkering with a sustainable OS like pmOS. It’s a disaster because the market has bent over backwards make phones look pretty for people who are really into vanity. In most cases I can see what the make is (but not always). But rarely is the model printed on the exterior. So if I am rummaging through a box of 500 smartphones, I’m fucked if I have to remove every back cover to look for a model. Often there is no model at all even on the inside (E.g. LG phones). And even when it is, they often use an encoded model number that does not match the package printing of what model the phone is known as (the model name). Some backsides have no removable cover either.

Vanity people are dressing their phones up with cosmetic cases/skins anyway, so new rule:

• Every electronic device must have the make, model number, and model name (if different) all printed on the exterior as part of a green policy to make 2nd hand devices quickly identifiable.
• The print must be big enough for the naked eye.