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Hello Environmentally-Conscious-Moto! The U.S. manufacturer has whipped the proverbial red cloth off their new model, the Renew W233 - made out of plastic bottles.

The W233 is the first in a planned range of recycled handsets. It's a dual-band GSM model that comes with a microSD card slot and Motorola's own CrystalTalk noise reduction technology for clearer call audio, and is said to allow for up to 720 hours of natter time. It's aimed much more at the end of the market that doesn't care about extra fancy bits, though - a teeny 1.6-inch colour display and lack of camera or Internet capabilities make it very much a phone for people who like their phones to just be phones.

The environmental selling point has been thoroughly ramped up. As well as being made out of old PET bottles, the phone apparently consumes 20 per cent less energy than similar models, and the packaging and distribution have been designed to have as low a carbon impact as possible - indeed, Motorola are claiming it to be carbon neutral. It even comes with a postage-paid recycling envelope for the day you want to ditch it.

The phone was shown off at CES, but Motorola have yet to comment on either its price or shipping date. It's believed that T-Mobile are intending to sell it.

Link: Motorola W233

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