Comments on: Nokia tests show solar-powered phone not practical http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-tests-show-solar-powered-phone-not-practical-04206036/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Thu, 10 May 2012 13:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-tests-show-solar-powered-phone-not-practical-04206036/#comment-168889 Anonymous Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=206036#comment-168889 I don’t think solar can be used a replacement for the power cord, only as a supplement.   I barely touch my personal phone while I’m at work, so it could be charging/maintaining during that time, so that I could extend time between plug-ins to  2-3 days for a Smartphone.  It could also be helpful if your phone completely dies. If charging it for 20 minutes in the sun can get you that 2 minutes of talk-time, I think its worth it.

This also assumes they can put a panel on the phone in a non-obtrusive way. If it’s too bulky, you might was well just add more battery space.

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