First solar charging case to be approved by Apple, Solar Surge, hits shelves soon

It isn’t the only solar charging case on the market, but Novothink’s Solar Surge is the first to receive an official thumbs up from Apple, and thus noteworthy indeed.

Solar Surge

The case features an integrated solar panel that should yield 30 minutes of talk time on a 3G network or 60 minutes on EDGE after 2 hours of sun exposure. Plus, the battery is a rechargeable 1500 mAh 3.7 V lithium-ion that offers 120% capacity of the iPhone 3G. The Solar Surge for the 2G iPod Touch will be available later this month for $70, while the iPhone 3G/3GS version will come in sometime in the 4Q of 2009 for the same price.

If you are into this sort of thing, the Solar Surge is probably the most compact and practical solar iPhone charger on the market—and the price point seems to be in line with many standard charging cases, making it an even better deal, and fits in with any “green” consumers ideals quite well too.

Posted on Sep 4th, 2009 by Rob Goodchild in Accessories | 2 Comments

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2 Comments to “First solar charging case to be approved by Apple, Solar Surge, hits shelves soon”

  1. on 06 Sep 2009 at 7:21 pm1iPhone App Reviews

    It’s about time and I love that it’s the color green. :-)

  2. on 07 Sep 2009 at 11:18 am2Xe

    Well its damn ugly, and not much of a case as you cant use the camera at the same time. Colour sucks as well, hope they have some more colours to choose from.
    They should have designed a slimline case, solar panel only that directly trickle re-charges the iPhone internal battery. That I would be interested in! ;)

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