{"id":6922,"date":"2012-07-27T10:59:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T14:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=6922"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:44:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:44:20","slug":"micromax-launches-solar-powered-cell-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/micromax-launches-solar-powered-cell-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Micromax Launches Solar-Powered Cell Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/x259.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/x259-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"x259\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/x259-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/x259.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>Indian cell phone maker Micromax has announced the launch of a unit equipped with photovoltaic cells. The model is called X259 and the company describes it as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153functional and efficient\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. It features a 2.4\u00e2\u20ac\u009d screen, camera, Bluetooth and the option to use two chips.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Micromax says three hours of sun exposure will result in enough battery power for one and half hours of talk. The use of solar power for cell phones could improve the lives of people in India, who are constantly faced with power outages in their country.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We hope to put an end to cell chargers by inserting a solar panel on the device itself,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma.<\/p>\n<p><em>More info on the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.micromaxinfo.com\/product.php?cat=Think_Innovative&#038;product=X259\" target=\"_blank\"> X259.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/energyrefuge\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @energyrefuge<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/hiring-solar-installers-in-hawaii-for-a-clean-reliable-energy-source\/\" title=\"Hiring Solar Installers in Hawaii for a Clean, Reliable Energy Source\">Hiring Solar Installers in Hawaii for a Clean, Reliable Energy Source<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian cell phone maker Micromax has announced the launch of a unit equipped with photovoltaic cells. The model is called X259 and the company describes it as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153functional and efficient\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. It features a 2.4\u00e2\u20ac\u009d screen, camera, Bluetooth and the option to use two chips. Related Posts:Hiring Solar Installers in Hawaii for a Clean, Reliable Energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1059,1551,1706,1550],"class_list":["post-6922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-power","tag-cell-phone","tag-micromax","tag-solar-power","tag-x259"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8998,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6922\/revisions\/8998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}