Comments on: Bic Disposable Pre-Charged Cellphones

By: samer

samer — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:09:47 +0000

plz can i have a copy of the marketing and advertising strategy you will follow and use in france

By: pjabed

pjabed — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:09:35 +0000

To all you naysayers out there, I say: I have a disabled friend whose lifeline, her landline phone, is not working. No response from tel co at least until Monday. This phone would be perfect for her emergency use this weekend. In fact, I came across this piece specifically looking for a way to help her.

By: Frankysour

Frankysour — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:46:55 +0000

What a stupid idea… I will not even talk about the waste and environmental implications since these have rightfully already been discussed, I just want to point out that for 30 to 50 euro it is already possible (at least here in Italy) to buy a shitty cell phones that in any case do more than this one, with pre-paid sim cards and some pre paid credit like 5 euro or something (maybe the process is a little longer, you need to have a valid ID and at least 10 to 15 minutes for activation of the mobile line…) and in the end you will have a plastic-and-electronics phone that is as capable of being trashed as this one BUT if you want you can keep it and reuse it on any gsm network in the world (locked phones are out of fashon for almost all Italian carriers); you can then decide to buy “disposable credit” instead of the next disposable phone, and reduce the trash to zero…

It would be a bit different if this object was made of biodegradable material such as paper and condictive strips/inks (it seems possible, google for it…) but the way it is presented this seems to be just the non-rechargeable-battery version of the already existing (very) entry level cell phones… a nonsense.

Ciao.

By: vcton

vcton — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:15:51 +0000

christ things like this do have a use, put it in an emergency disaster kit

not to mention you can recycle thi peice of crap

By: joan tator

joan tator — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:38:09 +0000

Is phone actually ‘disposable” or not? It’s sold w. rechgable batt. and when 60 min. used, you can apparently buy more cred. w. prepaid mobicarte…so wondering if it is actually disposable.(note: “Picasso” in comments says you can always add more pre-paid minutes.)

Also, says it’s “ready to go”, but then in fine print under details, says “clients must identify themselves to Orange agent”….what does that mean- ie. “register” the phone? Is it actually a 2-step process- buy but then can’t use till show up at an Orange store?

By: Disposability=Bad Design | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration

Disposability=Bad Design | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:51:50 +0000

[...] as a brand value or design element. The discussion was sparked by Bic’s announcement of a new disposable cell phone (!?). This idea of creating products with an extremely limited life cycle, or made in a way that [...]