14 DAY TRIAL // AT&T and Samsung have just announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Evergreen, an affordable phone built with 70% recycled post-consumer plastics and packaging that utilizes 80% recycled post-consumer paper.
The feature-phone comes with a slide-out four-row QWERTY keyboard, which makes it a good deal as a quick messaging device.
Samsung Evergreen's packaging uses soy ink and is 100 percent recyclable. Buyers will find inside the box a CD, which replaces the traditional paper-based user guide. The disc contains an interactive tutorial, the phone's user manual, games & apps and AT&T's recycling program.
The eco-oriented mobile phone has a 2.4-inch display, a 2.0 megapixel camera and video camcorder, AT&T Navigator and stereo Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP support. The Evergreen also includes dual-band 3G connectivity and quad-band GSM technology.
As a side note, the manufacturer states that Samsung Evergreen meets strict RoHS standards (Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive).
“This year AT&T worked to provide simpler solutions for customers, first with the ZERO charger and now the Samsung Evergreen,” said Michael Woodward, vice president, Mobile Phone Portfolio, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets.
“Taking steps to reduce the amount of environmentally sensitive materials in the device and increase the amount of recycled paper in packaging are small steps, which in the end, lead to a healthier environment,” added Woodward.
Along with the phone's launch Samsung Mobile announced that it will donate $1 for every Samsung Evergreen device sold, capped at a maximum of $100,000, to the non-profit organization “Cell Phones for Soldiers”.
“Cell Phones for Soldiers” hopes to turn old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas in 2008. To do so, the organization expects to collect 50,000 cell phones each month through a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across US.
Samsung Evergreen will be available beginning November 7 through AT&T for $29.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate.
