To call the industrial design of Motorola's new MOTOCUBO A45 "polarizing" might be an understatement, but at least we can all agree that cutting back on a phone's environmental impact is a good thing, right? The A45 -- which we'd
previously spied as the Murano -- is a pretty run-of-the-mill messaging phone with a 2 megapixel cam, EDGE data, 3.5mm headphone jack, FM radio, a "fresh and modern" (their words, not ours) design and color scheme, and built-in access to Orkut, Facebook, and MySpace, but the big news here has to be the eco angle. Like the
Renew before it, the MOTOCUBO is made in part from recycled plastic bottles and is 70 percent recyclable when you've moved on to bigger, better, stronger phones down the road -- but for now, plan on spending R$549 (about $292) unlocked when it hits Brazil next month.
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posted Aug 28th 2009 8:18PM
Phone on brazil are so expensive. take iphone for example its about $500 on a contract and for about $200 a month. thats crazy
Idk, I actually like the design of the phone and am even more a fan of it because of its minimally ecologically offensive nature. Personally, it's not a phone I would purchase because of the dearth of screen real estate, but I'm hardly the target demographic, but I could definitely see a tween into this. Slap a "green" label on it, toss in some 3G (not that most users of the phone will notice but others will complain if it's missing), and ship it to the States.
VZW is going one step further to protect the environment. It just doesn't release phones, so you are forced to hold on to your old one for years longer.
I knew it was bound for Brazil as soon as I saw the "orkut" icon
Looks rather unusual.
Hey, we was in the launch event and made 2 videos of this phone.
See at:
http://www.techzine.com.br/arquivo/lanamento-motorola-a45-eco/
This looks cool! I think they should've called it Motocube though...