Samsung To Unveil Solar-Powered Mobile

Samsung To Unveil Solar-Powered Mobile

Electronics giant Samsung appears to have won the race to develop the world's first solar-powered mobile phone with the news it is to unveil its new Blue Earth mobile phone at next week's Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.

Samsung failed to give technical support specifications on how much energy the solar panels will generate, but the phone will come with a mains charger, which suggests that while the panel will extend time between recharges it will not replace conventional charging altogether.



A number of solar powered charging units are already on the market, but manufacturers of handheld electronics have been racing to integrate solar panels into their units in a bid to provide products that ultimately will not need recharging.