Current Pixels are built for a long support life. GrapheneOS keeps that window open. A handset you can still update in year six is a handset that does not become e-waste in year three.
How a Privacy Phone is the longer-life choice
We sell new Australian Pixel 9 and Pixel 10 phones, so the clock starts with years left, not a used phone already halfway through.
Google’s own figures for the Pixel 10 series put recycled content at least 32% by weight, including recycled aluminium in the enclosure and recycled cobalt in the battery. That is Google’s number, not ours.
Pixel 8 and newer carry up to seven years of security updates from launch. GrapheneOS ships patches for as long as that firmware exists.
A used phone with a tired battery and no manufacturer warranty often comes back as waste sooner. That is the refurbished phones page, not a carbon certificate.
We do not sell a short-life refurb dressed as a green phone.
What lasts on a Privacy Phone
The software years are the real saving. A phone you replace every two years costs more, in money and in materials, than a phone you keep. The seven-year window on current Pixels is the ceiling. GrapheneOS follows it. After Google stops the firmware, the useful life ends. Buy the generation with the years still in front of it.
The hardware content is Google’s. Recycled aluminium, recycled rare earths in the magnets, recycled cobalt in the cell, on their published figures for this generation. We do not add a second certificate on top of that.
Packaging from us is plastic-free, from the Pixel box through how we send it.
Common questions
Is a refurbished phone greener?
Sometimes on paper, because the shell already exists. In practice a tired battery and a short update life mean it is replaced sooner. New stock with years of patches left is the longer life. Used phones also have their risks.
Do you offset carbon?
No. We do not sell an offset. We sell a phone you can keep.
Does GrapheneOS extend the update window past Google’s?
No. It follows the firmware Google still ships. That is why the model you buy matters.
