Sprint (News 
- Alert) announced new initiatives to expand its environmental commitments. As part of this initiative the company launched its fourth eco-friendly device, Samsung Replenish from Samsung (News - Alert) Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile).
Samsung Replenish is an Android (News - Alert) touch QWERTY smartphone enabled with Sprint ID. The phone will be available on May 8 at $49.99 with a two-year service agreement and new-line activation or eligible upgrade.
The phone, which is made of more than 80 percent recyclable materials, is housed in partially recycled plastics. It is energy efficient and built with fewer environmentally sensitive materials. The company also announced that an optional solar charging battery cover will be available for the phone. The solar battery cover and an Eco-cover made from Naturacell will be available for purchase on May 8.
To promote the green campaign, Sprint is lowering the monthly rate for this phone by $10 for new or existing customers.
With four eco-friendly phones launched to date, Sprint has made available the greenest devices and accessories of any U.S. wireless carrier, company officials said.
Sprint also recently announced the availability of Green ID pack, the newest Sprint ID pack. It offers Sprint customers using select Android devices, including Samsung Replenish, the opportunity to personalize their phone with an unmatched eco-focused Android experience that provides mobile content to live green, shop green, recycle and more, company officials said.
The company is committed to helping customers protect the environment. Sprint, in partnership with leading organizations, is working to manage the environmental impacts of devices to develop a global green phone standard or enhancing our industry-leading phone recycling efforts.
Earlier this month, Sprint and Samsung Mobile provided a $500,000 grant to the Green Education Foundation (GEF) to help launch their K12 “Sustainability Education Teaching Methods” professional development course.
Rajani Baburajan is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Rajani's articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by
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