Motorola Renew W233 – Probably the Most Eco-friendly Handset

The Motorola Renew W233, released by T-Mobile, is touted as the most environmental-friendly candy-bar cell phone available on the market. Despite its lack of advanced functionality, the phone offers good call quality in a green and compact design to people who want a handset simply for mobile calling.

As the first carbon neutral phone in the world, the Motorola Renew has a sturdy plastic housing made by recycled water bottles. It requires 20% less energy to manufacture than other cell phones on average, and even comes packed in a paper box made from 100% recycled cardboard, giving it an entirely green design and production. Measuring 4.4" high by 1.8" wide by 0.6" deep and weighing only 2.9 ounces, the Renew has a lightweight design that makes it perfect to be slipped into a pocket.

The Renew is a dual-band GSM handset with EDGE, supporting T-Mobile’s MyFaves service that allows a unique icon for each contact. It boasts Motorola’s CrystalTalk noise reduction technology, which filters out background noise to offer you good sound quality for clear conversations.

The Renew is not designed as a multimedia-centered handset, which is why it does not have a camera or Bluetooth support. The display on the front, showing 65k colors and a 128x128-pixel resolution, is not optimized for video watching either. However, it does have a built-in music player with a music shortcut key, as well as the OpenWave web browser for searching information online quickly. It also includes a 2.5mm headset port and a microSD card slot for storage expansion up to 2GB.

In addition, users will find other must-have features like text and multimedia messaging using Motorola’s iTap predictive text input, USB syncing, a 500-contact phone book, speakerphone, alarm clock and vibrate mode. You can download various wallpaper, screensavers and greetings from T-Mobile’s t-zones service to personalize your handset as well.

It is certain that Motorola Renew W233 is not a high-end feature-rich cell phone. But if you just want a simple, affordable and green-minded cell phone for making clear voice calls, it may be what you are looking for.

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