Take a walk to Stand 8a139 in Hall 8, at the Mobile World Congress, being held in Barcelona, and you will see Samsung's eco-friendly initiative - ‘The Blue Earth Dream’ reflected in their new products. Samsung Blue Earth Eco-Friendly Smartphone is one of them. There is plenty to talk about this mobile phone. Being the first solar powered cell phone in the world, this device has a solar panel located at its back. Samsung claims that there would be sufficient power to enable users to make a call at anytime and at any place.
The case of this phone is made up of recycled plastic from water bottles. This reduces carbon emissions and fuel consumption during the manufacturing process. The entire device and the charger too are free from harmful chemicals like Brominated Flame Retardants, Phthalate and Beryllium. Not just this, the entire packaging is done with recycled cardboard. This smartphone also has a special feature called “Eco mode”, which reduces screen brightness, turns off backlight and bluetooth, when not in use, in order to save power. Another feature that this phone offers is the “Eco-walk” function which uses a pedometer to tell the user how many steps he has walked and how much carbon dioxide emission has been reduced by his walking instead of driving. There is an indication of how many trees have been saved too.
Shaped like a shiny pebble with rounded edges, Samsung Blue Earth Touchscreen Mobile Phone features a full touch sensitive display as well. Other specifications are not known yet. However, “Three Cheers” to Samsung for this eco-friendly endeavour.