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"Plus, a built-in torchlight provides convenience, whether it’s late at night or after you’ve turned off the lights. Or, for those who have no access to electricity (in 2014, that’s still almost 20% of the world’s population), the torch is a necessity!"

So how exactly is the Nokia 215 supposed to be charged in the first place?



That's probably poorly worded but their obviously referring to places where the power goes out for prolonged periods of time.

Especially during peak times.


Applying some imagination, I guess you head to your local internet/phone cafe and charge the thing before heading home, or you or your village have something like this:

http://amzn.com/B00CTDW5TA


some imagination is expected from MS not the poor people without electricity, and without the luxury of imagination. This is a typical example of senseless marketing. If you are targeting the 20% mentioned, i would expect a Solar panel based charger that would charge a battery during the day, and then transfer the stored energy to the phone during the night. Now that's the imagination i would love to see.


Poor people don't have imagination? What?

Besides, MS doesn't have to do everything. There are plenty of providers of solar charging equipment that no doubt will work with this phone. In fact, here's a random search result: http://www.amazon.in/10000mAh-Portable-Direct-Powered-Batter...


That is not what i said, nor what i implied. Read the comment again.





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