subject: Reasons Why People Should Go For Universal Mobile Phone Chargers [print this page] Statistics have it that nearly two billion new mobile and smartphones are sold worldwide year after year and people tend to add to this number whenever they see the need to replace their old mobile phones with the latest model. People from all over the world seem to be fascinated in owning the latest device in the market that they quickly change models every time a new model is launched or introduced in the market. This means that every new phone purchased comes with a new charger and the old phone charger is either thrown away or added to the accumulated charger waste kept in the dark corner of the drawer somewhere. Thats e-waste amounting to billions every year and the environmental impact with such huge waste is beyond ones imagination.
Realizing these grim environmental implications, initiatives and efforts to produce universal mobile phone chargers have been pushed since 2009 by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), European Commission and some of the worlds leading mobile phone manufacturers. The initiative was called the Common External Power Supply or EPS. It is now widely and successfully used since, on nearly all smartphones, tablet PCs, digital devices, e-book readers and other gadgets. Essentially, a good amount of charger waste has been greatly reduced since.
This is just one of the many reasons why people should join the efforts in pushing for the use of universal mobile phone chargers instead of accumulating many different chargers for every piece of high-tech mobile device or smarthphone they have. By eliminating the need to produce a charger for every mobile phone, e-waste is reduced and the production cost for the charger can be removed from the selling price of the mobile device, benefitting the consumers. Hence, even if a consumer keeps replacing his old phone model with new ones, he will still be able to use the universal charger for all of them without having to buy another charger that would be suitable for the new device.And this means no old charger will be thrown and gone wasted.
Equally important is the fact that people have increasingly grown dependent on mobile devices for almost all their needs checking of email, keeping reminders on activities, social networking, music player and even video player. The rise in dependence on the functional features of the mobile devices means an increase in the need for keeping a mobile device that is charged all the time, 24/7 even if one is away from his home or office. With universal mobile phone chargers widely available everywhere, one can easily buy an extra piece in case the charger was left at home when traveling and be able to charge the phone without any diffciulty. One does not need to look for a specific charger compatible to the phone model to get his phone charged elsewhere.
Another benefit derived from using a universal phone charger is the reduction of energy consumption by 50 percent when the charger is on standby mode. This means less greenhouse gases. Additionally, mobile devices can be powered up anytime and anywhere and this will give no justification for the lame excuse of having low battery for calls un-returned or text messages not replied.
