Nokia is also headed towards the ‘green’ route. Lately, the company has devised a new mobile phone that requires no plug-in chargers and instead has a solar panel affixed on to its backside for converting the sun’s energy into electricity. The use of mobile phones have increased phenomenally over the last few years. They are not just used as a device for communication but also for internet connectivity. Coming to think of the huge demand and usage of the mobile phones, there is bound to be an upward rise in electrical consumption due to excessive power required to charge these phones. This may be the reason why mobile companies are thinking of environmentally-friendly and sustainable methods to save energy. Nokia has joined this endeavor of providing its users with clean and renewable energy to power their mobile phones.
Nokia has recently started a new project whereby four Nokia C1-02 phones attached with a solar panel have been distributed across four different regions to distinctly different customers in order to test the viability of the phone in different environments and living conditions. This will be a dry run to test whether the solar phone would be a feasible option or not. The mobile phones have been distributed to: Kenya – where the tester is working as a security officer in Nairobi; to a sailor on a boat sailing across the Baltic seas; to a research technician working at a local university in Utsjoki near the Arctic Circle and to a girl scout of 16 years living in a scout camp in Sweden. By distributing their phones to four diverse people in diverse landscapes, Nokia would be able to know about the charging capabilities of the solar phone.
However, the only hindrance in going ahead with the solar-powered mobile phone is the fact that most of us hardly expose our phones to the sun throughout the day. While most ladies keep their phones in bags and purses, men store it in their pockets. Furthermore, people working in closed offices and cubicles hardly get to see the light of the day – so how can they set their phones to recharge? Samsung had gone the ‘green way’ too with its Samsung Replenish, but unfortunately good intentions do not always yield good results. We hope that Nokia’s green project does not end like Samsung’s as alternative and sustainable energy is the way ahead!
Via: Ubergizmo
