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Nokia becomes the first phone maker to add energy saving alerts to mobiles |
QVGA
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Nokia has launched the first mobile phones to include alerts encouraging people to unplug the charger once the battery is full, a move that could save enough electricity to power 85,000 homes a year. Starting with the new Nokia 1200, Nokia 1208 and the Nokia 1650, the alerts will be rolled out across the Nokia product range.
Kirsi Sormunen, Vice-President of Environmental Affairs at Nokia said, "Around two-thirds of the energy used by a mobile phone is lost when it is unplugged after charging but the charger itself is left in a live socket. We want to reduce this waste and are working on reducing to an absolute minimum the amount of energy our chargers use. The new alerts also play an important role, encouraging people to help us in this goal by unplugging their chargers."
The alerts are one of a series of environmental initiatives that mobile manufacturers, led by Nokia, agreed to take action on this year. Nokia is the first of these manufacturers to implement the alerts into its products.
Nokia has decided to put the alerts into mass markets products first to help maximise the potential energy savings. The Nokia 1200, Nokia 1208, Nokia 1650 are targeting high volumes of sales in fast growing markets like India, China and Latin America.
The alerts are the latest in a series of energy saving initiatives from Nokia. Last year the company's newest range of chargers were awarded an Energy Star by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US. for their energy efficiency. The chargers, in use since 2005, far exceed the EPA standards by using 50- 70% less energy than the Energy Star requirement, and also meet the highest European Union standards.
The company has set ambitious goals to further reduce the energy consumption of its chargers. By 2010 it aims to have reduced by an additional 50% the amount of electricity a charger consumes whilst still plugged into the mains but not the phone.
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axxxr
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I think thats an excellent move by Nokia,something all manufacturers should adopt really.
Also in might be usefull for the charger to auto cut power once the phone is charged.
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dr_thug
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I would love to wake up in the middle of the night to unplug the charger 
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JK
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Hahaha but if the batteries full how much electricity is being used one a phones been charged?
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Bambino
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Nice move 
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JK
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Maybe coz it takes longer to fully charge a Nokio than it does with a  ?? 
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BobaFett
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most nokias beep once when batt is full, in off and on mode as well....
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On 2007-05-10 16:50:40, BobaFett wrote:
most nokias beep once when batt is full, in off and on mode as well....
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audible only when we are near to the phone...
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BobaFett
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or maybe they mean, that it will beep continualy so long u dont unplug the fone?
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JK
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So if you cant hear it, it will continuously use more electricity trying to make you aware that you have to unplug the phone....
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BobaFett
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i read that report now for the 3rd time, but cant figure out what and how that nokia means... seems they have an idea, but no solution yet. that guy is saying actually nothing directly...
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QVGA
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On 2007-05-11 09:47:26, 786KBR wrote:
So if you cant hear it, it will continuously use more electricity trying to make you aware that you have to unplug the phone....
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[ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2007-05-11 08:49 ]
how will it use electricity to warn us??? the beeps will come off the phone and that wont use any electricity |
BobaFett
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@qvga how do u iterpratte what that nokia guy is trying to tell us? what kind of alert and what way?
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dr_thug
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On 2007-05-11 10:55:38, QVGA wrote:
how will it use electricity to warn us??? the beeps will come off the phone and that wont use any electricity
to 'beep',the phone will use power from the battery...thus losing battery power(even if its a fraction)...so the battery will take more electricity to charge the battery back to 100%.
Pointless Nokia.
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JK
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On 2007-05-11 10:55:38, QVGA wrote:
On 2007-05-11 09:47:26, 786KBR wrote:
So if you cant hear it, it will continuously use more electricity trying to make you aware that you have to unplug the phone....
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[ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2007-05-11 08:49 ]
how will it use electricity to warn us??? the beeps will come off the phone and that wont use any electricity
Beeps will be using power from the battery, If this "beeping" is ignored then it wont stop, hence the need for more power to keep the phone beeping. It would be small amounts but still using more than it should.
I think its a PR stunt just to put Nokio on the "We Care" list.
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Posted: 2007-05-10 14:20
