Green Gadget fans have been waiting for the holy green grail of gadgets for awhile now: the solar-powered mobile phone. And now it seems that Samsung has finally delivered on this promise with their brand new Blue Earth phone. Blue Earth is a gorgeous green touch phone that has a full solar panel on its back which can generate enough power to charge the phone. And yes – the gadget is still small enough to fit in your pocket!
As if releasing a solar powered phone wasn’t enough, Samsung is going above and beyond to achieve what they hope is the greenest phone on the market. The body of the phone is made out of recycled water bottles and has no brominated flame retardants, beryllium and phthalates – all incredibly toxic substances. That goes for the charger as well, which also meets the newer standby mode energy efficiency ratings. Granted, it is solar powered, so really, a charger?
The device is set to be energy efficient, with a new user interface making it easy to activate the phone’s energy saving mode. It also includes a pedometer, and CO2 emissions calculator, and Samsung is aiming for minimal packaging made entirely from recycled paper.
Samsung is clearly throwing the gauntlet to all phone manufacturers, and we hope to see solar cells integrated throughout the rest of their line. The phone will be unveiled on February 16th at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Via Pocketlint
11 Responses to “Samsung Releases Solar Powered Phone!”
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Wow! this would be such a hot seller in India, and Africa! I saw so many households in the India countrysides that had solar panels, just for charging their cell-phones. and yes, India has a 3g network where oxen still pull carts. I really hope they are going to sell these to the 3′rd world countries at an affordable price.
At Solargex we are always looking for innovations that can be used throughout the Pacific Islands – what a brilliant idea! Let’s hope that the operational frequencies are suitable for this “part of the world”.
“India has a 3g network where oxen still pull carts.”
Oxen are among the most fuel-efficient vehicles there are.
This is fascinating!! Two things:
1. I hope the phone is affordable to everone who would want one, regardless of income and country of residence
2. I also hope that other phone, laptop and other gadget manufacturers follow this excellent example!
I want one! Unfortunately Verizon said that it is not compatibile with their system and they would not be making them available.
I want to know who is the supplier of this Solar panel????????
Somebody help me.
I Would like to know if these phones are avalible in Ireland? If not, How much would it cost to import and re sell?
very much interested in distributing this phone in Botswana.my email-mkletsa@yahoo.com.
this is wonderful.how i wish i get my own now. when do we expect this great this product in the african market. can i be an agent in Ghana?. i sell phones here. hope to hear from u.
you can buy it an pretty good price here – http://www.nasena.eu/
for some time now there has been talk of a solar powered cell phone and finally samsung has released.