Comments on: UPDATE: Mobile industry pledges universal charger by 2012

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:26:23 +0000

This is one of the biggest changes the mobile phone industry has seen for years, thsy are not stupid. The big phone companies indeed realise we will all buy backup chagers and spares… they have simply created a new revenue stream and want to make sure they own all the good websites for it…

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:19:04 +0000

I run a wesbite myself in a non related industry, I can tell you for a fact the mobile charger websites particularly in the UK will be worth a fortune.. a few days ago we had never heard of the things, a year from now there will be millions of them.. we will break them, lose them, want extra ones.. the uk mobile charger industry will be worth a firtune for years to come…

By: Tony Chan

Tony Chan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:10:53 +0000

I think the idea is that when you buy a new phone, you can still use it with the old charger, even if the new model is from a different brand. That why, you don’t have to throw away the old one. The situation should be better than today, where even phones from the same brand need new chargers every couple of generations.

By: Jane Willway

Jane Willway — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:41:38 +0000

These phone companies say they are trying to save money and the planet yet they today one UK mobile company paid a crazy £65000 for just for unversal mobile something or other.. there will still be loads of these chargers because people will buy spare ones.. how can that be green?