Imagine you are on a road trip, alone on a deserted road and your car breaks down, after initial inspection you find that your car’s engine has gone off and you need to tow your car back to the town to get it repaired from the mechanic. You take out your cell phone to contact your friend and alas!!!....the battery of your phone dies the moment you call your friend. There is not a soul on the road around you and hence no other phones, what will you do? Panic and pray to god?

Know you don’t have to do that, because now you can just keep your phone in the sunlight and wait for one hour to make that call to your friend, Magic, no, its pure science. Samsung India has introduced a phone which can be charged using solar energy; it is the first of its kind and is called ‘solar guru’. This phone is especially designed for usage in areas where there is no power supply and ample sunshine.

According to J.S. Shin, president and CEO, Samsung Southwest Asia that this phone is developed for the people living in the areas where electric supply is not stable.

The Phone is developed on consumer insights where a rural user can stay connected with family with a cell phone which tolerates rural conditions and environment and serves as an alternative to landlines, where electricity is a challenge.

This phone will be launched in India in Mid-June under the company’s low cost series ‘guru’, at a price tag of Rs.2, 799. (Nearly 50 $) Country head, Samsung mobiles, Mr. Sunil Dutt said that the phone has been developed for India and will be manufactured in India from next month at the NOIDA factory of Samsung, till then it will be imported from Korea.

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This hybrid phone will deliver around 5-10 minutes of talk time after recharging it for one hour in the open sun light, when the phone is turned off and the sunlight has a desired level of intensity required by the phone mechanism to charge itself. The phone’s battery will be fully charged after 40 hours of solar charging. Mr. Dutt said, “Solar charging can give you enough time to make few important calls when there is no electricity or you are not close to a plug point.”

Solar energy has been in use since the beginning of civilization on earth for millions of years. This powerful source of energy is used both by plants and animals alike for various activities like photosynthesis, heat etc. Solar energy has many advantages as

• It is cheap
• It is pollution free
  
• It is ample in nature.
  

Products applying the usage of solar energy are both cheap and environmental friendly.Such steps of producing solar energized phones are welcomed by one and all.