Vodafone is launching the VF 247 in India soon for the paultry sum of $32 (1,500 Rupees). It is very basic and is in essence a voice and texter with a fixed battery. But, it is solar powered and one 8 hour charge will give 4 hours talk time / 1 week of standby.
There are aspects of this which are potentially very interesting- the price is the main one and could lead to similar technology appearing in other high-end phones. Of course more development will be needed to achieve this, but I do wonder if this will be the next big thing for mobiles. If only the UK got as much sun as India…
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