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Solar Power Mobile Phones
Sexbomb
17-07-2015
Apple are considering this for the iPhone 7 but shouldn't this now be applied to all future makes of smart phones.

I like the idea.
swb1964
17-07-2015
Where would you put the solar panel?
Sexbomb
17-07-2015
Originally Posted by swb1964:
“Where would you put the solar panel?”

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/...fe-Solar-Panel
gomezz
17-07-2015
Surely this would need people who keep their phone in their pocket to wear transparent trousers?
swb1964
17-07-2015
Originally Posted by Sexbomb:
“http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/...fe-Solar-Panel”

I'll believe it when I see it. I'm not saying I won't, just that the Express is hardly a reliable source!
ard100
18-07-2015
Its been done 5 years ago http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/July2010/voda...announced.html


http://www.extragsm.com/vodafone-247...lery-2652.html


http://www.intomobile.com/2010/07/29...solar-charger/

and samsung too
http://inhabitat.com/samsung-release...powered-phone/


http://sharetech.biz/watching-phone-...er-by-samsung/


Originally Posted by Sexbomb:
“Apple are considering this for the iPhone 7 but shouldn't this now be applied to all future makes of smart phones.

I like the idea.”

IvanIV
18-07-2015
You'll have to throw the phone into the Sun to get the energy some people need for their phones.
psionic
18-07-2015
Originally Posted by gomezz:
“Surely this would need people who keep their phone in their pocket to wear transparent trousers? ”

I'm sure the accessory makers will find a solution. Perhaps a baseball cap with a built in phone cradle?

Seriously though I think this about trickling some extra charge to make it last a bit longer (perhaps coupled with the low power mode in iOS 9). You won't be able to chuck your mains chargers away any time soon unfortunately!
Old Endeavour
19-07-2015
Originally Posted by gomezz:
“Surely this would need people who keep their phone in their pocket to wear transparent trousers? ”

*Rushes off to patent Transparent Trousers!

(And the Transparent Pouch (Plastic wallet with a clip))
blueacid
20-07-2015
Originally Posted by IvanIV:
“You'll have to throw the phone into the Sun to get the energy some people need for their phones.”

You could use a Mirror to focus more light on it. If it doesn't work you'll run out of power and have to resort to a fixed line... Provided the Telegraph poles are still holding it up (an I doing this right?)
IvanIV
20-07-2015
Originally Posted by blueacid:
“You could use a Mirror to focus more light on it. If it doesn't work you'll run out of power and have to resort to a fixed line... Provided the Telegraph poles are still holding it up (an I doing this right?)”

I don't think you could do more than check the daily mail with it.
Old Endeavour
20-07-2015
This is a great idea if your life is spent on a Californian beach, but sadly impractical in the UK.
magicdesign
23-07-2015
Probably more sensible to look at kinetic energy charging for phones...
swb1964
23-07-2015
Originally Posted by Old Endeavour:
“This is a great idea if your life is spent on a Californian beach,”

Or the African desert. I can see a big market for phones like this in the developing world but not, as you say in the UK.
Zebb
23-07-2015
Just solar recharge an external battery pack. Leave it on a window sill all day, plug it into your phone later.
Gigabit
23-07-2015
Originally Posted by Old Endeavour:
“This is a great idea if your life is spent on a Californian beach, but sadly impractical in the UK.”

Is there a joke I'm not getting here?
Everything Goes
23-07-2015
Originally Posted by ard100:
“Its been done 5 years ago http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/July2010/voda...announced.html


http://www.extragsm.com/vodafone-247...lery-2652.html


http://www.intomobile.com/2010/07/29...solar-charger/

and samsung too
http://inhabitat.com/samsung-release...powered-phone/


http://sharetech.biz/watching-phone-...er-by-samsung/”

Apple will probably sue them all now
Old Endeavour
23-07-2015
Originally Posted by swb1964:
“Or the African desert. I can see a big market for phones like this in the developing world but not, as you say in the UK.”

Yes, they invented the wind-up radio for that purpose as batteries were hard to get and expensive in developing countries, so solar powered phones would be a great addition there.

Has anyone invented the wind-up phone yet? (I always get to the ideas after someone else has already invented them)
Old Endeavour
23-07-2015
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“Is there a joke I'm not getting here?”

No, no joke intended.

California is known for having lots more sun than the UK where it is overcast most days and of course on the beach you will be sitting or lying around which is a great place to have your phone out charging. So if you are in the UK and due to working and not being down the beach, have to have your phone stuck in your pocket for 90% of the time, a solar powered phone won't be much use here.
IvanIV
23-07-2015
Originally Posted by Old Endeavour:
“No, no joke intended.

California is known for having lots more sun than the UK where it is overcast most days and of course on the beach you will be sitting or lying around which is a great place to have your phone out charging. So if you are in the UK and due to working and not being down the beach, have to have your phone stuck in your pocket for 90% of the time, a solar powered phone won't be much use here.”

Is it a good idea to leave the phone out in the direct sun? It will get warm (ha ha I wrote it will get worm) and given the size of it, it may evaporate or simply just overheat. Also somebody may nick it if you are not keeping an eye on it.
Old Endeavour
23-07-2015
Originally Posted by IvanIV:
“Is it a good idea to leave the phone out in the direct sun? It will get warm (ha ha I wrote it will get worm) and given the size of it, it may evaporate or simply just overheat. Also somebody may nick it if you are not keeping an eye on it.”

Well it's one of those things that sounds great in an ideal world where we all live on a crime free Californian beach, but in the real world we don't. The real world is that we live in the mostly unsunny UK, stick our phones in our pockets and work gets in the way of beach-time.

asm
23-07-2015
FTA:
"Unfortunately, the Apple patent is very vague about the technology"

If the patent is vague then it should never have been granted. The deal is that the company that invents something it wants to patent has to tell the world exactly how it works, only then do they get a time-limited monopoly on the invention.
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