You may not have known it yet, but there are a lot of strange and interesting facts about mobile phones. So if you’re always on the go with your smart device, it’s worth knowing these interesting facts, some of which are really banal.
- The first call from a mobile phone was made on April 3, 1973. It was made by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper, who called his biggest competitor, AT&T, and asked: “Do you know who I’m calling you from now?”
- On average, we check our phones 150 times a day.
- The best-selling phone of all time was the Nokia 1100, with over 250 million units sold.
- Addiction to mobile phones is called “Nomophobia.”
- A typical mobile phone contains about 20-30 times more bacteria than a toilet seat.
- The first SMS message was sent on December 3, 1992. Then programmer Neil Papworth sent the message “Merry Christmas.”
- The longest phone conversation ever recorded lasted 54 hours and 4 minutes. This record was set in 2012 by a Latvian.
- There are more mobile phones in the world than people. About 10 billion.
- A modern phone is far more powerful than the computer that landed the Apollo 11 mission on the moon.
- The first commercially available mobile phone had a battery life of just 30 minutes. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X cost $4,000.
- The average smartphone user takes 20 photos a day.
- Apple makes more from iPhone sales alone than McDonald’s does from its entire menu sales.
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