Top 7 Eco-friendly Mobile Phone Gadgets

Today we are bringing to you the top 7 green mobile phones. A few of them were already featured on our site. So let’s not waste any time and get started.

1. Sharp SH002 Solar Phone

Sharp SH002 is an eco-friendly mobile phone which incorporates a lot of other features like GPS, Bluetooth and most importantly it is waterproof. The solar panel requires only 30 minutes of sunlight exposure to give you 140 minutes of standby and 2 minutes of talk time. So if you expose the phone to the sun for 90 minutes you will be able to communicate with it for 9 minutes and can get a standby time of 560 minutes. The more you expose it to the sun the more it gets charged. Nevertheless, the phone also incorporates a very interesting feature named as Golf Mode which works only in Japan. This feature includes information on 2300 golf courses throughout the country where the GPS can be used to get to the desired golf court.

2. LG Solar-Powered Phone

When we are talking about the solar powered phones then LG’s Solar Powered phone is worth mentioning. This device comprises of a solar-powered battery which is mounted at the back cover. 10 minutes of sunlight exposure gives you 10 minutes of talk time. So, the more you expose it to sunlight the more talk time you get. With a step ahead of others the company has planned to pack their green devices into environmentally-friendly boxes which will be made up of recycled paper with cardboard that won’t include any laminate coating. That’s not all, the company also wants to remove from the phone-manufacturing process such chemicals as brominated flame retardants (BFR), chlorinated flame retardants (CFR) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) by 2010. This model comes with HFB-500 Bluetooth solar car kit which enables you to drive your car while you are talking over the phone.

3. Samsung Blue Earth

Samsung has also come up with an incredible eco-friendly phone which has a solar panel installed on its back which will generate power when exposed to the sun. Unlike any other eco-friendly phone this is quite small and comfortable to use. Samsung’s Blue Earth is not only small but its body is made from recycle water bottles without the use of brominated flame retardants, beryllium and phthalates. This device incorporates features like energy saving mode, CO2 calculator and pedometer. The phone is also packed in a box which is made up of recycled paper.

4. ZTE The Coral-200

Chinese Mobile maker ZTE has come up with this concept of solar powered mobile phone. Coral-200 which is a solar-powered handset comes with a very important feature which is loved by one and all is its price, which is $40. This phone uses Dutch technology where it will help those who do not have access to regular power. Anyways, one hour of sunlight exposure gives you 15 minutes of talk time which is way too less when compared with the previous models, but it definitely catches up with them with its extraordinary price. The company targets an audience of 2 million people who do not have access to the energy network and for this they attained a partnership with Digicel, a network provider that does business in developing countries and provides solar-powered charges.

5. Natural Year Phone: Biodegradable Grass Handset

This device looks like a brick of grass with a keypad on it. But the Natural Year Phone concept developed by Je-Hyun Kim focuses on the lifecycle of mobile phones. This phone will function for two years and then degrades into pieces of grass so that it can be recycled later. This sounds a bit weird, but that’s the specialty of this phone. The best part about this phone it that the phone automatically biodegrades immediately after its two years of life cycle ends. Once it degrades the pieces can be recycled to create a new phone.

6. Motorola Renew W233

Talking about the mobile phones is incomplete without mentioning Motorola’s name. It suffered a great loss recently due to the slump in sales and is looking forward to come back with the best device and a touch of eco-friendliness. It is looking forward to come up with the first carbon neutral mobile phone. It is worth mentioning that Motorola’s Renew W233 is the first certified Carbonfree mobile phone on the market today and the company is now paying more attention towards the e-waste. The phone case is made up of 100% recycled water bottles and is also recyclable. The phone also comes with other green features such as at the phone can be recycled when it reaches its end of lifecycle. All you have to do is to place the phone in a prepaid envelope which comes with the box. The packaging also uses 22% less material and the phone’s manual is printed on a recycled paper with soy-based ink. A complete eco-friendly thought. Isn’t it?

7. Sony Ericsson C901 and Naite

Last but not the least the most popular mobile phone manufacturer which is not left behind in the band wagon of eco-friendly gadgets. Sony Ericsson has come up with two incredible phones, the Naite and the C901 cybershot phone. Both the devices all the green features like reduced packaging, energy saving chargers and 100% recycled headsets. Additionally, you can recycle the phone as soon as you want another device. The paper manual is also included in the handset, which reduces the use of paper and hence reducing the carbon footprint of the device by 15%.