The Future of Cellular: Disposable Cell Phones!
Editor's Note: The Phone Card disposable phone mentioned in the following article still has not been made available to the public as of early 2005. YOUNG MONEY does not have any further information regarding the product or its manufacturer.
Imagine a paper cell phone... Randi Altschul, a toy inventor from New Jersey did. She will soon provide the world with her new invention: the disposable cell phone.
Expected to be available in 2004, the phone will be extremely small (about the thickness of three credit cards), and just as lightweight. More good news is the price; the phones are expected to sell for under $20, which will include 60 prepaid minutes of calling time.
The "Phone Card Phone" will make outgoing calls only; the consumer will be able to add phone minutes with their credit or debit card until the non- replaceable battery dies.
Using her patented, super thin technology, a large part of Altschul's phone will be made out of paper products which can be colorfully printed with images and (of course), advertisements, which would make them great giveaway items for company promotions.
Down the road, don't be surprised to see specially printed collectible phones in Happy Meals. What happens when its time has come (and gone)? The paper phone, like most good paper products, can be recycled.
About the inventor, Randi Altschul: She describes her background as "nothing special, I just invent things that I like to play with."
You can preview the soon-to-be-released phone-card-phone and other technologies, such as a disposable laptop computer, at DTCProducts.com.
Source: DTC Products
