Monday, March 19, 2012
Sprint, Samsung unveil eco-friendly phone
Samsung and Sprint today announced the launch of the green Reclaim mobile phone, as the companies take aim at eco-friendly consumers.
The phone is based off of 80 percent recyclable materials, with $2 from each purchase going towards the Nature Conservancy’s Adopt an Acre program. The phone itself has an outer casing made from corn, and the outer packaging and other unnecessary materials are made from 70 percent recycled materials.
Are you familiar with the bulky, often useless manuals that come with mobile phones? To cut down on environmental waste, Samsung isn’t shipping a physical paper manual with the phone, as the company will point phone owners to an online web site to download the manual.
Naturally, the phone’s charger has been Energy Star approved and requires 12 watts less power than Energy Star’s standards for standby power consumption.
The Samsung Reclaim will be released on Aug. 16 for $50 with a two-year phone agreement with Sprint-Nextel. Consumers can purchase the phone online, at Sprint retail locations, Best Buy, or Radio Shack. Starting in September, Wal-Mart will also begin to sell the phone.
Sprint continues to lose revenue and subscribers, which makes each new phone launch an important event. The company remains the No. 4 wireless provider in the United States, but continually trails the likes of Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Launching an eco-friendly phone is the company’s latest ploy to attract new subscribers, especially with growing concern about the negative impact old phones have on the environment.
Is this the type of mobile phone you’d be interested in purchasing?
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