Micromax Solar Phone X259 for 2,499

Bangalore: Micromax has entered the ‘Go Green’ space with its new eco-friendly phone – X259, which comes with built-in solar back panel that lets users to charge their phone with solar energy. This green phone costs 2,499 and will be available across all retail stores in the country.

The company says the phone get automatically charged via solar power when exposed to sunlight. This smartphone is meant and designed for rural India where power supply is very limited. The company claims that after three hours of solar charging the device will give 1.5 hours of talk time.

Micromax Solar Phone X259 is a dual-SIM smartphone with dual-standby mode. It sports a 2.4-inch QVGA 240×320 resolution display, a 0.3 MP rear camera, expandable storage upto 4GB and a 1000 mAh battery that gets charged through solar panel. Other features include; Bluetooth connectivity, FM radio with recording, and GPRS.

Micromax is not the only mobile maker who has tried to make green phones, Nokia attempted something similar earlier this year and three years before Samsung came up with solar-powered Solar Guru (Guru E1107) phone. Nokia banned the project before in came in to live commercially and the Samsung Solar Guru vanished without a trace. Hope this is not the fate of the new Micromax boy.