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What you can see below is the Packet concept phone, the winner of the Istanbul Design Week 2007, created by Emir Rifat ISIK. It’s a surprising device measuring only 5 x 5 cm (folded), which opens up to show its user 5 surfaces which include a keypad, 2 mini keyboards and touch sensitive buttons.
The handset is made out of some sort of e-paper, that’s touch-sensitive and makes the device extremely light and thin. It may also be made of environmentally friendly materials, so we’ll be high tech and “green” at the same time, in case this design turns into a real phone.
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Want a fashion cameraphone that’s also eco-friendly? Add a wavy design to that and we’ve got an inspirational device, designed by xin FAN and shown on Coroflot. It’s got a Lenovo branding on it and a slightly uncomfortable keypad, that’s also wavy.
All of these design waves are inspired by the Ocean, according to the creator of the handset, while the camera’s coloured lens is embedded in the white housing and looks like a crystal block. The concept phone seems to be using some sort of “raw material” keeping it really environmentally friendly by reducing pollution.
Back to the phone’s lens, it would be produced with the aid of IMD technology that involves the use of the GE special plastic and attached to the device together with the speaker decoration. They’ll be attached to the housing through a heating procedure. In case you’re good at such technical stuff, maybe you got the whole process. I know I didn’t…
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We’ve seen a lot of wood-based phones lately, either using wood panelling, made out of bamboo, or old-fashioned wood. This time we’re dealing with a Wood smartphone, designed by Gernot Oberfell, from the UK. This concept took part in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008 and it uses WPC (Wood Plastic Composite) made out of 80% natural fibres.
The smartphone’s buttons and caps are made of biodegradable plastic, so it’s extremely easy to save the Planet and stay high-tech on the go. Also, it seems that as time goes by, the phone will look and feel nicer, since the wood will start biodegrading (in a good way). This phone’s so eco-friendly that beavers could buy dams out of it!
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Last time I saw a phone that had anything to do with bamboo, I was checking out the Chute concept phone designed by Michael Laut. However, Gert-Jan van Breugel’s concept is far greener that any other device we’ve seen. It’s so green that it even becomes a plant once it’s disintegrated, as it includes bamboo seeds that can grow roots, once the handset’s case is buried.
The case of the Bamboo Phone is made out of bio-plastic and bamboo, keeping it really environmentally friendly. It relies on muscle power that provides it with electricity with the aid of a cranking charger. 3 minutes of cranking equals enough power for a call, plus the device’s display is monochrome and doesn’t eat much battery power.
A couple of statistics from the designer’s site show how we’re saving the planet by using this phone and they’re pretty convincing if you ask me. Too bad that the percentage of such phones is low, comparing to the rest, but at least Nokia’s going green too with the Remade phone.
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If Greenpeace ever dared to criticise Nokia for not being environmentally-friendly enough, they should take it back, since the company have just shown a great Remade concept phone, at the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona. Check it out in the video above and I have to say that the background music is quite nice. The Remade model is made out of recycled materials, ranging from metal parts to the plastic we usually throw away in our garbage cans. I have to say that this device looks pretty nice, a bit “Asian” though, reminding me of the Japanese phones. And when you think that they used aluminium cans for its body and old used tires for its keypads… Read the rest of the entry for an extra video of the device.
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Well this is not quite a concept phone, but it is a concept that all of you unconventional energy users will love! It’s basically smaller than an iPod and it’s an accessory used to charge your cellphone on the go, using solar energy. This mini solar charger can be connected to your phone through an adapter and it adds up to 3 extra hours of “juice” to your battery. The Strapya environmentally friendly gadget costs just $17.54, so you’ll be saving the planet at a low price. Keep in mind that this solar charger only has to be exposed to sunlight for 6-10 hours, in order to be able to recharge your phone.
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