Nokia’s Comeback is coming soon with the newest Nokia Android phones like the Nokia C1. But it seems this is not the only surprise that Nokia is preparing for us. Nokia presents a new environment friendly version for all of you who like to – wait for it – BYCYCLE.

Nokia’s New Bycicle Charger Kit, lets you charge your mobile phone, just by using your pedals. Nokia’s bycicle kit uses a small dynamo, very similar to the ones found to power your front and back light. How long it takes to fully charge your phone, obvioulsy depends on your smartphone and smartphone battery. We just have data from Nokia for the Legendary Nokia 1202. For 20 minutes of pedaling you get 74 hours of standby time, not bad at all. You dont need to worry to send spikes of electricity to your Nokia smartphone, the kit will cut down the electricity if you go faster then 50 km/h.

Nokia’s Bicycle Charger Kit will be usable with any Nokia mobile Phone. The idea is of course not new and might be more of a Marketing Gimmick for the Comeback of Nokia 2016. On the other hand, Nokia Feature phones are still the world’s most sold phones. In rural areas where electricty is rare or sometimes not available at all, might be a very welcome solution for all those Nokia phone holders.

The Nokia Bycicle Kit was introduced specifically for African Communities where the biggest problem for sustainable communication is often not mobile phones or networks, but no stable electricity. Giving that there are still very hard conditions in many places worldwide, and these Basic Bottle Dynamos are fairly cheap, the idea doesnt seem to bad.

In fact the Billions in Change project by Manoj Bhargava has invented a similar, although way more powerful solution. With their Free Electric hybrid bike, rural households can get up to 24 hours of free electricty! So lets hope Nokia is going down the right road for their comeback!