14/06/2014
15 facts you don’t know about your
mobile and smart phone!
Do you know that:
1. There are about 7.5 billion people on
this planet about 5 billion of whom have
a mobile phone, but only 3.5 billion of
them use a tooth brush.
2. 91% of all adults have their mobile
phones within arms reach 24 hours
every day.
3. There are five times as many mobile
phones in the world as there are
personal computers.
4. 90% of text messages are read within
3 minutes of delivery.
5. Do you remember the iconic Nokia
1100? It is the best-selling electrical
gadget in history. Over 250 million units
were sold.
6. The first mobile phones went on sale
in 1983. Price, almost $4,000 each.
7. You think your phones are clean?
Research has shown that mobile phones
have 18 times more bacteria than toilet
handles
8. Up to 90% of mobile phones in Japan
are water proof. Why? Because young
people use them even when they are in
the shower.
9. Radiation from mobile phones can
affect you. They can cause insomnia,
headaches and confusion.
10. Martin Cooper, a former Motorola
employee, made the first mobile phone
call in 1973.
11. Today’s mobile phones have greater
computing power than the computer
used for the Apollo II moon landing in
1969.
12. More people in this world have
mobile phones than toilets.
13. The first smartphone was launched
in 1993. It was nicknamed Simon and
was designed by IBM.
14. Telephonophobia is the fear of
making or receiving phone calls and
Nomophobia is the fear of being out of
phone contact e.g lost signal, lost phones
or flat battery.
15. It was the great inventor, Thomas
Edison, who suggested using the word
‘Hello’ to make and receive calls.
