Supplying these high demands comes at a price and in this case it is the lives of children. < http://www.alternet.org/story/41477> tells about an ore named Coltan and the politics surrounding it. In spite of the amount of features the device may have, every phone needs this piece called tantalum capacitor. The Coltan ore creates a metal used for the capacitor, and as of now is only available in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This new source of income caused a disaster for Congo when Rwanda and other rival militias stole most of it to sell on a black market to cell phone companies. Rwanda and Congo mine this ore with their children workers. When Rwanda steals from the Congo, children soldiers are told to fight for it and then rape the women of the opposing tribe to send a message. Daily children refusing to work are killed, and this is all for the production of our cell phones and laptops. The term “blood phones” has become a nickname for cell phones due to the bloodshed to create them. In this case the cost of for our convenience is lives. Today cell phones are seen as a requirement for those able to afford them because they provide instant communication and instant access to several resources such as a