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Sprint and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the #1 mobile phone provider in the U.S.1, has launched Samsung Reclaim™ as the first phone in the U.S. constructed from eco-friendly bio-plastic materials.Sprint dove into the green cell phone market with its ostentatioslu green “Reclaim” phone which has a slide-down QWERTY keypad, 3G data network support, a 2-megapixel camera with 3X digital zoom, video recording functionality, stereo Bluetooth support, a GPS receiver with Sprint Navigation software, a Web browser, an e-mail client, a microSD slot and a standard headphone jack.This would be available in Aug , according to CNet.com .
About 40 percent of the phone’s shell is made from bio-plastics and about 80 percent of the entire phone can be recycled.It’s also painted green or blue, just in case the phone’s “deal” wasn’t already clear to everybody . When customers purchase Samsung Reclaim from Sprint, $2 of the proceeds will benefit The Nature Conservancy’s Adopt an Acre program, which supports land conservation across the United States and protects some of the world’s most beautiful and important natural habitats.
An eco-friendly overachiever, Sprint is making it easier than ever for customers to “go green” with new eco-friendly products, services and programs and expanding its commitment as a leader in sustainability.”Sprint is widely recognized as a leader among telecommunications companies in environmentally-responsible initiatives, and today we are proud to announce an even stronger commitment to sustainability with new eco-friendly products and programs,” said Dan Hesse, Sprint CEO.Hesse claims that the Reclaim is one of a number of green initiatives being pushed by Sprint. For example, Sprint hopes to recycle 90 percent of wireless devices by 2017.

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