Mobile phone news

Oberthur Technologies introduces an eco-friendly SIM card, made of 50 percent less plastics and using up 8g of carbon dioxide--down from the original 16g--to produce.

Why is it that luxury is always synonymous with wastefulness and cruelty? Just look at leather and fur. Anyway, luxury brand Belleperre has recently come out with phones made with crocodile leathers and zebrawood, which is increasingly becoming rare to find even in its home of Africa.

A recent survey revealed that Australians aren't recycling their old mobile phones, mainly because many don't know where to take their phones and some also prefer to have a back-up phone.