Samsung's E1107 packs solar power, not much else

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 11th 2009 at 10:26AM

ZTE already proved that solar power can make a ton of sense in the low end of the market, so we're not sure why Sammy thought it could get away with the "World's First Solar Phone" tagline here -- but at any rate, Asian, European, and Latin American locales can look forward to the E1107 hitting retail this month. The ultra-basic candybar claims to get 5 to 10 minutes of talk time for every hour sitting in the sun, and depending on how much you talk, that could be enough to take the place of a wall charger altogether. One look at the phone should tell you that there isn't much going on here gizmo-wise outside of the solar cells, but one nifty feature is a built-in fake call app that'll let you call yourself in a pinch to get out of an unwanted conversation. Sure, the iPhone already has an app for that, but is the iPhone solar? We didn't think so.

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, GSM

Tags: candybar, crest, e1107, guru, india, samsung, solar

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Mindseye @ Jun 11th 2009 11:33AM

I know that Engadget is big fan of iphone but do you guys have to bring in Iphone with any other phone post?

Also, the phone has decent features which I am sure not available in Iphone 's default build:-

1) Prayer reminders
2) bike specific profiles that allow only calls from certain individuals through.
3) The Crest Solar sports what Samsung is calling Mobile Tracker, a system that will send an alert when the phone's SIM card is swapped.

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