Samsung has installed solar-power operated free mobile charging facilities in Bangalore. The free mobile charging points will be made available outside Samsung Café that is exclusive store of the company.
The mobile charging facility is free of cost and Samsung said that the time spent by the users near the store will be utilized to show them product demonstrations. The solar-powered mobile charging stations will be present in total of seven Samsung smart cafes in the areas like CMH Road, Indiranagar, Total Mall, Sarjapura Road, Sahakaranagar, Malleshwaram, Vijaynagar. The charging points have been located right infront of selected Samsung stores in these areas.
Samsung said its free solar-based mobile charging facility is a pilot project and requires very less maintenance. Solar power capacity of 300 KW is sufficient enough to charge over 20 mobile phones daily, it added. The solar power charger has been installed on top of a 10 feet pole and the charging dock is located at a height of 4 feet. Samsung did not say whether it will expand the solar powered mobile charging facility to other cities.