Flashback: Samsung Blue Earth and the short story of solar-powered phones
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- 18 Jun 2022
This is better than environmentally controversial iPhone that I remember that
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- 3PL
- 08 Nov 2019
Anonymous, 08 Nov 2019Are old flashbacks deleted? When I choose flashback tag or ... moreThis series of feature articles used to be called Counterclockwise before. Check out the tag here: https://www.gsmarena.com/news.php3?sTag=Counterclockwise
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- 08 Nov 2019
Are old flashbacks deleted? When I choose flashback tag or search, only 10 results are shown.
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- ncr
- 07 Nov 2019
Have a solar panel and I use it on the beach, come back home with fully charged phone/watch.
I like that idea on a phone.
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- Note9 User
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- 05 Nov 2019
Ideally OEM's should support their product with 5 OS updates & 10 years of Security patches from launch date.
If for example LG promised this, their sales would rocket.
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- Anonymous
- t@g
- 04 Nov 2019
Anonymous, 04 Nov 2019Now we have a never ending cycle of buying and throwing awa... moreso true.
many people trashed their still working phones nowadays just because phones didn't get an OS update anymore.
those so-called 'trash' phones still very capable of making call, text, and browsing the net but they said it was obsolete phones since those phones couldn't get an update on their fave socmed & gaming apps.
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- JhV
- 04 Nov 2019
Anonymous, 04 Nov 2019So we should keep using coal and oil foreverYou completely failed to get the point.
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- mE0
- 04 Nov 2019
Adul Al Salami Kebab, 04 Nov 2019This is not new its a old idea that got trashed! XDI know it's an old idea, that's what I said if you bothered to read
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- 0U2
- 04 Nov 2019
I can still remember the Sagem Puma, a phone ahead of its time.
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- Anonymous
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- 04 Nov 2019
Anonymous, 04 Nov 2019Hypocricy at its best. People really don't know how much re... moreSo we should keep using coal and oil forever
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- 04 Nov 2019
Anonymous, 04 Nov 2019There are already solar battery bank /chargers out there, i... moreThis is not new its a old idea that got trashed! XD
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- JhV
- 04 Nov 2019
Hypocricy at its best. People really don't know how much resources go into producing lithium batteries and solar panels. Both aren't reuseable anymore once their life span is over, and the amount of work and pollution needed to extract needed resources is huge. This kind of stuff everyone is pulling these days is pure virtue signalling, "look, we're *eco* now too! don't you care about the planet??!". If you truly cared about the planet, you wouldn't buy a smartphone in the first place.
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- Sajid
- XRB
- 04 Nov 2019
There must be Solar Panel in a phone plus a system that transmit panel energy to battery again for charging. It will increase battery timing as well as endurance of phone.
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- Anonymous
- mE0
- 04 Nov 2019
Shanti Dope, 04 Nov 2019How about a manufacturer create a solar panel charger for s... moreThere are already solar battery bank /chargers out there, it isn't a new thing
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- sxr
- 04 Nov 2019
How about a manufacturer create a solar panel charger for smartphones??
I mean, it would be a super large solar panel with USB C adapter to connect and charge phones with.
In other terms, it would act as a power bank, but it charges through sunlight instead.
A solar panel the size of a roof is enough to power about 10 appliances consuming an average of 500W in 6 hours.
I'm pretty sure a solar panel 1/4 of that size would be enough to charge up to 5 phones with 4000mAh batteries in just an exposure to sunlight for about 12 hours.
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- 04 Nov 2019
Dometalican, 03 Nov 2019Because you are a freakin' hater dude. First of all, news a... moreGod, imagine the return of transparent Illumination Bars like the Xperia U and P
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- 04 Nov 2019
What if the day continously cloudy for several days...
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- 04 Nov 2019
Kingslayer, 03 Nov 2019Interesting concept. Hideous design like those rugged phone... moreDo you know any solar panel that can charge faster than a common solar panel?
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- 7tV
- 04 Nov 2019
I really wish the solar panels had improved in their efficiency. 1 hour light exposure for a 10-minute call can be a life-saver for a stranded person/in an emergency situation, but very impractical for the average joe.
To be 100% honest, if I think about it (i.e. improvements in solar charging), this would be TRUE wireless charging for me, especially when compared to a charging pad where you cannot move the phone or even shift your phone slightly (the efficiency of charging reduces, power wastage increases). Now I know that wireless chargers these days charge the phone very fast. But if speed is what I was concerned about, then I would just use my wired charger instead.
It would be a wonderful turn of events if I could sit by a window or under a light source and continue using my phone for light-to-medium tasks like emails or 2d games, and not have the phone charge decrease. I would buy such a phone in a heartbeat, and I assume many others would too.
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- AverageUser
- 0x2
- 04 Nov 2019
I don't think we need solar charging, but I do think that the box made of recycled materials is a good idea.