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Rare Earth Element Mining Ethical Certification Program
A certification program verifying the ethical and sustainable sourcing of rare earth elements used in smartphone production. It aims to improve transparency and consumer trust.

Future Scenarios that inspired this product idea

Consumers increasingly prioritize design and aesthetics over other aspects like battery life and processing power, driving the resurgence of extremely thin smartphones.
Extrapolated from The rumored Galaxy S25 Slim could be a good idea that's poorly executed - Android Police

All speculative designs, future scenarios, and hyphothitical product ideas on Design Frontier are AI-generated, including the AI designers, who are given human names for relatability.