Comments on: The Free Smartphone Made From Corn

By: Madie

Madie — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:52:40 +0000

I would just like to say that I didn’t like this eco friendly phone. I appreciated the small size and light weight but other then that this phone contributed nothing that any ordinary phone couldn’t. After only two weeks of having this phone the END button stoped working, I couldn’t hang up phone calls or leave a screen once I got to it. So my thought when I couldn’t hang up a phone call was to take out the battery but if I would take out the battery I COULDN’T TURN THE PHONE BACK ON!! I don’t recommend this phone.

By: rlee58

rlee58 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:01:25 +0000

I just bought this phone yesterday and love it so far. Does what I want and has the apps I want.

By: Spot Cool Tech Stuff

Spot Cool Tech Stuff — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:33:37 +0000

Thanks, Chocolate-Lover.

We think the Reclaim is a great size—not crazy tiny but certainly pocketable.

The amount of corn used to produce one phone pretty is miniscule and seems to us to be a VERY good trade off compared to the environmental harm of producing a traditional plastic phone that will take up landfill space at the end of its life. But we understand what you are getting at: using large quantities of corn that could be used to feed people in order to make ethanol fuel, for example, seems to us environmentally and morally dubious. But that’s a different subject.

By: Chocolate-lover

Chocolate-lover — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:08:45 +0000

This phone seems to be very small (unless slided out) but it looks great, so friendly, both the blue and green versions. Do I must say that I am not really sure what the added value is of using corn for production (I mean the corn could also be used to feed people?)