Do you Know? 20 Surprising Facts About Mobile Phones

Oct 22, 2018 Jeremy Hill Mobile & Gadgets 0

Mobile phones has become a household accessory. Every family has at least one mobile phone if not multiples. Even after getting acquainted with phones on such a high levels there are still several surprising facts which are yet not known to the common people in the society. Facts stating the pros, cons and some unbelievable numbers about the mobile phones which might not have even imagined to associate with them.

So here are some surprising facts about mobile phones:

As per the research the number of mobile users in the year 2019 is going to go above 4.5 billion mark.
Did you know that there is a term for those people who has the fear of losing the network signal or being without phones? Yeah and the term is “Nomophobia”. Other terms are “ringxiety” where people believe that the phone is ringing even when it is not (Creepy), and “phubbing” where people tend to ignore everything around them.
“According to Guinness World Records, Sonim XP3300 Force is recognized as the toughest phone. It survived an 84ft drop without any operational damage.”
The most basic mobile set ever been made a.k.a Nokia 1100 is still the bestselling gadget in the history of electronics. You will be surprised to know that almost 250 million pieces of the phone were sold.
In the year 2012, Apple made history by selling 4 mobile phones per second across the globe. As per the statistics almost 3,40,000 iPhones were sold every day
The very first mobile phone introduced in USA in the year 1983 costed $4000. And you call yourself rich by buying the $200 phone.
Almost 90% of the mobile phones in Japan are water proof. How about yours?
As many as 100,000 mobile phones are dropped in toilets accidently or intentionally every year in Britain.
What is the highest amount you have paid as a mobile bill? Don’t worry you can never cross the number of 142000 pounds by Celina Aarons, which is the highest mobile bill in the history.
As much as 70% of the mobile phones used around the globe are manufactured in China. Who says china’s product are not good!! Also Read:

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47% of millennials said in a survey they sometimes use their Smartphones to avoid people around them. Have you used this trick too.
Almost 80% of the world’s population has mobile phones which is more than 4 billion.
You will be surprised to know that as many as 90% of the adults have the mobile phones at an arm’s length all the time.
As per the research almost 60% of the watches and alarm clock users have stopped using them and have replaced the gadgets with mobile phone features.
On an average everyone check their phones in every 6 minute making it around 150 times a day. Well isn’t the number a bit large.
Since the year 2000 a world Championship for throwing mobile phones has been introduced which was started as a sport in Finland. Till date the record distance for men is 97mtrs where for women it is 40mtrs.
“In the UK, drivers who cause death while using their mobile phones, speeding or drunk, face life in prison.”
Mobile testing has taken a new meaning in 2013 when the researchers from the University of Surrey (United Kingdom) launched the newly introduced Google Nexus phone in space just to test its resistance to extreme conditions. Well it might have taken a roll around the earth at least once.
It is true that mobile phones have more bacteria than a toilet handle. (Just eww!! Keep it clean!!)
“The technology behind smartphones relies on up to 250,000 separate patents.”