The technology world's rising Chinese star, Infinix, is back at the Mobile World Congress 2025 with its new concepts and developments as it unveiled its latest smartphone with rear solar panels for clean energy charging.
The new concept device's features panels that can absorb solar power, which it can turn as energy to charge the smartphone's batteries, a technology that many want to see for modern cellular devices.
Should this technology be available for future smartphones, it will forego the need to charge before one leaves their home or office or bring power banks at all times.
Infinix Unveils Its New Concept Smartphone with Rear Solar Panels
The Verge has reported that Infinix's latest showcase in MWC 2025 introduced several solar power solutions for a person's use of technology for everyday needs. First, the company introduced its concept smartphone with built-in solar panels at its rear which may be used to charge the device's battery cells.
This is part of Infinix's development of its Solar Energy-Reserving Technology, which uses perovskite photovoltaic cells that are reportedly cheaper to produce and thinner than the traditional silicon solar cells.
Infinix has revealed the first one to be integrated into a smartphone directly, but there is also a specifically made solar panel case that will attach perfectly to its smartphones and charge the device via contact points.
The technology also offers a "Maximum Power Point Tracking" feature that can help regulate voltage for solar charging, and in its present state, it can charge devices for up to two watts.
MWC 2025: Infinix Wants You to Charge Your Phone Using the Sun
For now, Infinix's design is only intended to collect energy for the device's reserve charge and can be used while the phone is not in use.
Both the smartphone and the phone + solar power charging case concepts are still in their development stage, but it is already offering a promising take on clean energy-charging devices in the future.
Solar Power for Mobile Devices Is Long Awaited in the Industry
Solar power is now the touted source of clean energy for many electrical devices, and it is being used to power homes, offices, and more, with many developments looking to retrofit it to cars and even mobile devices.
Motorola's "Moto Mods," which is made in partnership with Lenovo, Verizon, and Indiegogo introduced one concept called the "Mico," which is a solar-powered power bank to charge your everyday devices.
Previously, Garmin unveiled its 995 Forerunner Solar, which offers a solar-powered wearable that can last for as long as 20 days in smartwatch mode and only needs a three-hour sun exposure to charge.
On the other hand, using the outdoor smartwatch's GPS mode will give users as much as 49 hours of use before it needs to be recharged again.
Next-generation solar devices were also introduced by a Stockholm-based company called Powerfoyle, which integrated solar panels from Exeger on everyday devices such as headphones, keyboards, and more.
