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Phone makers like Samsung and Nokia have launched green-branded phones to much fanfare, but so far, no huge sales reports. Now Sony Ericsson is trying their hand at that piece of the market. Today they announced the addition of the GreenHeart phones to their list of models.
The new models are actually revamped versions of the C901 and Naite models. The new features include a 15 percent smaller carbon footprint, an online-only manual to save paper, less packaging and the phones are made of at least 50 percent recycled plastics. Sony Ericsson is essentially using the the new models to introduce these green features before applying them to their entire portfolio.
While these updates are better for the environment and should be commended, the GreenHeart line doesn't offer any improvements in efficiency or use of renewable energy like other green phones, which makes this attempt feel luke warm in comparison.
In order for cell phones to truly become green, companies will have to focus on improving all aspects of the phone, including making them more efficient and increasing battery and operating life so that cell phones become more of a long-term purchase and less of a disposable object.
via Earth2Tech
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written by glenn, June 05, 2009
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written by Mark, June 05, 2009
Which leads me to a greener iPhone. If they can fit an Accelerometer in the iPhone, perhaps future models can fit a kinetic charger as well? I'd pay more for a heavier iPhone that self-charges while I have it on me! http://tinyurl.com/pkuvg2
If you have strong feelings on water efficiency and/or flooding from global warming, then watch these and send them to people you know. Everyone can help turn climate change around.
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written by Damo, June 07, 2009
It'll be a long time yet before these phones can self charge from kinetic energy. Take, for example, the nPower PEG that was advertised a few stories back. That provides *just* enough power to start charging an iphone. And look at the size of it! It needs that kind of mass to produce any meaningful amount of electricity. Simple physics. I don't want my iphone to be that large... and neither does the market, I'd wager.
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It's good that it tackles some environmental issues, but loses out on others. This may be something that a furture, mobile of this brand can improve on and create in their next environmentally friendly phone.