Nokia N79 Eco shrinks packaging, ditches phone charger
By Ross Miller 
posted Jan 16th 2009 6:08AM
posted Jan 16th 2009 6:08AM
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Wait, so by trying to get down waste they ship it with 3 back covers when usually it comes with 1? I think Nokia are missing the point...
Nokia are using this whole green ideology as marketing... just as any other company does.
I am speaking as a lifelong Nokia user.
My current phone is a Nokia N73.
They invent their own protocols, so that you have to buy their junk to use your own mobile.
Simple example: You cannot listen to music from your phone by simply plugging in a normal earphone set.
You need another part as a go-between. And of course there parts are flimsy, last too little, highly expensive, and lead to more waste.
Nokia, if you really want to impress us with green credentials, put your money where your mouth is...
You do realise that the N79 has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
And is about two years newer than the N73.
less package...but 3 covers? and why not switching to mini USB for charging or some other cross-manufacturer solution. this would really spare millions of chargers (but not be friendly for OEMs).
Yeah, because leaving your 100 watt computer on just to charge your cell phone is really good for the environment!
Geqxon, you gotta tell us stupid people how you manage to get work done with your computer turned off, that's a major energy saver!
Seriously? You realize that they also make mini USB chargers that plug into the wall...? A lot of phones now a day come standard with this port for charging... you definitely don't have to "leave your 100 watt computer on all day".
No I would just charge it on my 700watt computer. Which is on all the time anyway.
Cool a phone that works with all phone chargers that ever existed :D
"Pick up cake"
The cake is a LIE!
That's good. I have a bunch of old chargers in my house that work perfectly fine.
USB charging now, please. The amount saved at the source in plastics and rubber and packaging and distribution... guess they prefer to sell chargers to pay for advertising how green they are.
The 3 covers are really the icing on the cake of contradiction.
In Portugal, every cellphone carrier gives you a 10 euro discount on new phones if you turn in *any* old cellphone that still switches on.
Nice, huh?
While commendable, you don't really know what happens to them, and you KNOW the price on any new phone ends up being 10 Euro higher for the sucker that doesn't find an old beat up phone to bring to the store, a sort of penalty for wanting to keep a backup phone, and more cash to them. Yay.
Guess it's more important to "feel" eco that to really be eco from a global logical standpoint, it's still the end result that matters...
Panda says thank you to Nokia with a Jack Black accent
Panda: Thanks, Nokia! You're awesome!
Nokia: WTF! ....did I just heard panda talking, or the panda just talked!
wtf?
somewhere, Al Gore is sobbing softly in a corner.
"Geqxon @ Jan 16th 2009 7:23AM
Yeah, because leaving your 100 watt computer on just to charge your cell phone is really good for the environment!"
U can charge while you are using the computer and there are USB chargers around. If everyone would have an USB charger at home and all phone (and camera etc) manufacturers would put mini USB port in their machines (and exclude charger) there would soon be billions of less chargers in this world.
and governments should make it mandatory
USB is only capable of giving 2.5W (5V at 0.5A) max current. Quite OK for some devices, quite unsuitable for so many others (unless you want to wait ages for a charge).
You can 'piggyback' several slots, I guess. But that just adds a lot of complexity to Joe User.
And the Lord said:
Marketing will triumph over substance and truth in the last days.
Usability geek says:
Phones with the bottom row of buttons right on bottom edge of phone are extremely uncomfortable to thumb with.
Common sense says:
If you favour the World Wildlife Fund and don't think most charities pay lip service to your trust and money, keep your existing phone and send whoever-you-think-actually-does-good your own donation without the purchasing yet more damaging, shiny, new, harmful-to-the-environment electronics.
More 'eco' marketing BS for the masses. Yay.
£4 to the WWF - THE PHONE COSTS £319.00!!!
This and most other 'charity' lines actually contribute very little to the 'good cause'.
I know the charities are compelled to participate as any money is good money but if you want to support a good cause send them the money direct and buy the right product not the one with the fluffy panda on the packaging.
I was pretty disgusted to discover the tiny amount of cash that actually goes through to the charities from the Christmas cards sold in UK shops. Now I just buy nice cards and send £10 direct to Oxfam and they can claim back my income tax to push that up to £12.50.
And the world definitely needs a universal charging platform - I'm so sick of getting wall warts that suck power if you leave them plugged in - USB or miniUSB would get my vote.
You can have some fun by pressing the 'Take a survey' from the read link and let them know what you think.
Everytime I see WWF, I read it as WTF. Sorry, off topic, I know.
Everytime I read WWF I think of wrestling and big hairy men in spandex costumes...
"Tell us what you think of our no-charger trial, and we'll give you a discount code for an online accessory purchase."
Wonder if chargers are included in "accessories"?
"The company is hoping you'll reuse your old charger instead of throwing it out."
Pfft, more like they want you to buy the charger separately since they get more profit out of it. Fail.
I love how people are all like "Save the Panda". When thousands of kids in Africa die of AIDS each day. I wonder where humanity is going when it is more important to help stupid beasts then it is to help people. I for one will continue to donate to world vision and worry about the pandas when every child on this planet is fed and in a safe warm home.
The reason why many opt to save animals over African AIDS victims is because we can do something against the former (founding reserves, rangers, breeding programmes). However the latter is due to the ravages of religion (the Pope's ban on condoms isn't helping), and money doesn' usually help cure that problem.