Better yet, why not develop a standard protocol of sorts to enable future devices to be used this way in a consistent manner?
This could then be used as a basis for phone recycling programs: manufacturers could run the collection (and e.g. hand out gift cards for its own new products to encourage the users to turn them in while also profiting from it), and then sell the collected phones in bulk to datacenters.
This could then be used as a basis for phone recycling programs: manufacturers could run the collection (and e.g. hand out gift cards for its own new products to encourage the users to turn them in while also profiting from it), and then sell the collected phones in bulk to datacenters.