Finding solar powered mobile phones can be quite challenging depending on where you are. In today’s market very few models arise from the major manufacturers. Samsung recently introduced one and joins the likes of Sharp as the only other manufacturers to have models run from solar power.
Finding these phones can be quite difficult for some. Samsung announced that their solar powered phone, The Crest, would be available in India, Europe and much of Asia in 2009, but not the US. Sharp has recently pushed release of their phone from Japan to China and Europe and has targeted the rest of the globe in the near future. Unfortunately for US consumers Sharp has not released the phone in the country.
For US consumers finding the solar powered phones (that they don’t import themselves) is next to impossible, all though there are still solar powered options. Various skins for iphones and ipads are available that will convert the energy of the sun into electricity. Also various solar powered chargers are on the market in the US. Sharp though will beat the other competitors such as LG and Samsung to the US market though the release date is unsure at the moment.
