Are you Ready for Solar Handsets?
Intivation’s SunBoost technology – a chipset that sits between the phone battery and the 24cm2 solar cell mounted in the rear casing – uses an algorithm to regulate the voltage to keep it at a stable level, which in turn makes it more efficient and keeps the handset at full power. The earlier version had a drawback of supply of irregular voltage thereby giving fluctuating output performance. But that is overcome in this version of the handset that keeps charges even when in shaded light conditions.
One drawback of the current version is its limitation to perform best only up to 2G phones. Let us wait for some more time for 3G efficient solar batteries. Till then, why shouldn't 2G users enjoy with the Solar Handsets? ZTE and Foxconn are already selling $30 solar handsets using Intivation’s technology. Foxconn is selling them under the Commtiva brand in the Philippines and Indonesia.
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