Samsung Blue Earth
This is the world's first solar-powered full touch-screen phone. Made from recycled plastic extracted from water bottles, it has solar panels at the back. By charging these panels, you can generate enough electronic power to call anytime anywhere.
If you don't have access to sunlight, you can use a dynamo-powered charge that converts kinetic energy to electricity. Its Bluetooth headset too will be solar-powered.
Both the phone and the charger are free from harmful substances such as Brominated Flame Retardant, Beryllium and Phthalate. Besides, the energy efficient charger uses standby power lower than 0.03W. Samsung will also use rating on energy consumption on the no-load mode of the mobile device charger.
In the Samsung Blue Earth, it is simple to set screen brightness, backlight duration and Bluetooth to an energy-efficient mode. The interface allows the user to be energy-efficient with just one click of 'eco mode.'
Through the 'eco walk' function, the user can count their steps with an in-built pedometer, calculating how much CO2 emissions have been reduced by walking as opposed to motor transport. This unique function allows user to calculate the value of this footprint through the number of trees that have been saved. It also has an eco-calendar facility.
The packaging for this eco-phone is designed to be both small and light and is made from recycled paper.
The Samsung Blue Earth is expected to be available in the UK in second half of 2009. The pricing details are not yet available.
Image courtesy: samsungmwc.com
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