In recent years, the annual shipments of smart phones around the world have exceeded 1 billion units (1.371 billion units in 2019). The subtext of this data is that hundreds of millions of mobile phones are scrapped every year. When all the manufacturers are eager to change their phones every year and pile up parameters, the foreign crowdfunding platform indiegogo launched a mobile phone Teracube 2e featuring environmental protection.
Teracube 2e is probably the most environmentally friendly smartphone now: its body is made of recycled materials, its shell can be completely biodegradable, its removable battery design, and its 4-year ultra long original factory warranty. Unlike other smart phones with an average life of less than 2 years, Teracube 2e was originally designed for years of use, so it has a removable battery and a 4-year warranty (even longer than the 3-year system OTA life promised by most manufacturers...).
In terms of configuration, Teracube 2e is positioned as a portal machine, and its competitors are Android Go devices such as Moto E and Nokia 2.4 (which can be understood as an Android system specially designed for ultra low-end hardware). However, it actually runs Android 10.0 and its hardware is much more conscientious than its competitors. However, in the eyes of domestic users, it is still quite renaissance:
6.1 inch 720X1560 LCD water drop screen
MediaTek Helio A25 SoC (12nm FFC process, CPU is 4x1.8GHz A53+4x1.5GHz A53, GPU is PowerVR GE8320@600MHz ）The performance is still below the Snapdragon 450 (8 * 1.8GHz A53), and it is far worse than the Snapdragon 625 (8 * 2.0GHz A53), which "once dominated the midrange computer market with terrible weak performance"
4GB memory+64GB storage
8 megapixel front, 13 megapixel rear main camera+8 megapixel sub camera
4000mAh removable battery
Post fingerprint identification, USB-C port, dual sim card slot, support TF card expansion
155.2x73.3x10.1mm，190g
Teracube 2e crowdfunding price is 99 dollars, about 660 yuan; The official price is 119 US dollars, about 800 yuan. The official screen change price is US $59 (about 400 yuan), which is still package mail in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Singapore. If it is produced in China, the price is expected to be even higher, and the official screen change price is expected to be "a discount".
Teracube 2e's design philosophy is advanced and environmentally friendly, but its hardware configuration is not environmentally friendly. Although 4G will not be eliminated for a long time, and it also saves much more power than 5G, the SoC is too weak. It is estimated that the 4-year official warranty period has not yet come out, and many daily apps will not be available, and users will still have to change their phones
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