Nokia's eco-friendly 3110 Evolve

The just-announced 3110 Evolve candybar from Nokia is big on features. Not features of the gizmo sort, though -- quite the contrary, actually -- rather, features of the "Mother Nature will thank you" sort. As its name suggests, the phone appears to be an evolved version of the rather plain 3110 classic, a phone that features a 1.3 megapixel cam, FM radio, and a tri-band GSM radio. Certainly nothing to write home about there, but the Evolve's claim to fame is that it's rocking "bio-covers" made with over 50 percent renewable materials and comes in a box made of 60 percent recycled stuff. On the technical side, the Evolve's charger is Nokia's most efficient ever, delivering juice at a full 94 percent below Energy Star specifications. Looks like the Greenpeace love is destined to continue, eh? No word on pricing or availability for the 3110 Evolve just yet.

[Matthew Hilario @ Dec 4th 2007 1:39PM]

but can it play snake?

[prabhjeet @ Dec 4th 2007 2:07PM]

yes in this ps3,xbox and wii world

[Bobs @ Dec 4th 2007 1:44PM]

i sure as hell hope so, and i want it to play it stable! ive crashed my grandparents cell with that little anaconda clone countless times.

[umm....hello??? @ Dec 4th 2007 2:05PM]

nice looking phone. candybars FTW!! i was beginning to think you couldn't get a phone that didn't flip (US Cellular has only 1 candybar left, I think). and Nokia's menu interface on phones laid out like this one tend to be extremely intuitive to run through...

[Jack @ Dec 4th 2007 2:46PM]

Thats the phone most "Greenpeacers" will be rocking at the next Global Warming summit :)

[Blackster @ Dec 4th 2007 2:56PM]

well, actually i like that design. sleek and easy to the eyes. they could even scrap the cam for a reasonable price!

[Twitchy @ Dec 4th 2007 3:57PM]

Exactly my thoughts. Sign me up for two.

[Flashpoint @ Dec 4th 2007 3:01PM]

As much as I'd like to see a clean Earth, it is never going to happen - and this device is part of the reason why.

#1 It takes MORE energy and MORE production to recycle and produce a device like this. You can boast how much of the phone is made of renewed resources but I ask you where did the energy come from to create it?

#2 the Green movement is just a way of transferring political power and it is doomed to fail because corporations will do their best to make as much money offf of "green" items as they can from people WHO HAVEN'T EVEN PASSED EARTH SCIENCE/ECOLOGY 101 and think they are making a difference, while the multi billion dollar oil corporations make billions off of our purchasing stupidity. Congressmen are in the corporate POCKET. All of them should be executed for treason.

#3 Cell phones and the amount of electronic purchasing we do (everything is plastic mind you) only reinforces are wasteful behavior which is based on psychological obsolesence.

Most of these products come from China by the way, one of the largest polluters on earth - which is steadily getting worse as more of the 1.6 Billion Chinese gain enough purchasing power to afford motorcars.


The movements which seem to be in the right direction are too little, too late

[BigD145 @ Dec 4th 2007 3:14PM]

Most people don't take an ecology course. It's not required for ANY degree except environmental ones and there is no equivalent in high school. For a species that lives on a unique planet like our own, you'd think they might want to learn some small part about where they fit in the circle of life. But, no. The majority can't be bothered with pondering something that has no obvious bearing on making money.

[G Kabik @ Dec 4th 2007 6:02PM]

Here, here. Recycling and the "Hybrid Car" movement are just ways to sedate the public with the appearance that progress is being made, while ultimately nothing gets done. So people calm down and no precious low-wage jobs get lost. And then those poor people whose jobs get protected are the ones who have to live next to the pollution that ends up giving them diseases that their crappy job won't pay for health insurance to cover, and they die a sad and ironic death. And the hamster wheel of progress keeps moving forward! If only we could spin it faster, THEN we'd be getting somewhere!

[Michael @ Dec 4th 2007 9:18PM]

I am not going to engage in debate on your first three points, but I would like to point out that not ALL of Nokia phones are made in China. In fact, mine has printed proudly on it, "Made in Finland".

[BigD145 @ Dec 4th 2007 3:09PM]

A 60% recyclable material box?! You have got to be kidding me. Just how hard is it to make the box 100%? It's not as if the box is sitting on a shelf and needs to be pretty (that's no excuse, either). When you buy a phone you don't even get to see the box until the person behind the counter pulls it out from the cupboard to activate the phone inside. I don't need a box worthy of being framed you d@mn fool corporation.

On a side note, some of that "recyclable content" will be in the form of plastics, which is only recyclable ONCE. Give me my all aluminum phone you bastards.

[Scooter @ Dec 4th 2007 4:15PM]

so 99% of the phone is still toxic? (since we are talking in %).
Faceplates recycled from petroleum-based plastics, and packaging from recycled forest are not a solution. They are a blatant con for lazy shoppers. Unless you (really) need a phone it would be the most environmentally option to simply skip this and save the planet.

[Scooter @ Dec 4th 2007 4:16PM]

environmentally-friendly option

[Matt H. @ Dec 4th 2007 5:02PM]

If people didn't buy a new (disposable) cell phone every 14 months, they might be more inclined to build a more durable phone; maybe even with cleaner methods if people let the manufacturers know this is a priority.

[Ray @ Dec 4th 2007 8:46PM]

Is there any 1337 way to get this sweet phone and put a verizon service on it?

[Anthony @ Dec 4th 2007 9:03PM]

If it's the charger that's really all that much better (energy consumption wise) I don't see why I can't just buy one for my phone. Wait. It's Sony Ericsson, but still- chargers aren't generally "phone specific".

As for chargers in general - the N95 is considered one of the more environmentally unfriendly because it uses so much juice. My k850 only needs to be charged once or twice a week. N95 needed to be charged almost every day.

Finally- to all those who say "this is just a panacea"- you have to start somewhere. If you only want something when it's 100% perfect you'll never have anything.