We use mobile phones everyday. Well, most people do. In fact, it’s probably hard to imagine a time before mobile phones. Why is that? It’s because they’ve become such an integral part of our daily life that the very ways in which we do business and carry out our activities has changed. Thanks to the mobile revolution there are now more phones in India than there are toilets. Is this a bad thing or a good thing? Well, both. But the fact remains that more and more people are getting connected to the internet and the mobile phone plays a huge role in that.
There is no end to the amount of digitization that our world can undergo. In fact, most of our jobs could probably be replaced by high functioning artificial intelligence at some point. Until that point though, we’re going to be stuck with our measly little smart phones. And yes, we are using the term “measly” very facetiously. That computer in your pocket is more powerful than the computer that took us to the moon. That is saying a lot. That means that using just your iphone, you could actually fly all the way to the moon and back (assuming you had rocket boosters, oxygen tanks, and radiation-resistant shielding). These are 25 things you didn’t know about the mobile phone in your hand.
Your smart phone has more computing power than the computer that put astronauts on the moon
Source: nasa.gov, Image: pixabayOn average, cell phones have 18 times more bacteria than toilet handles.
Source: nytimes, Image: wikipediaScientists have figured out how to charge phones using urine (Bristol Robotics Laboratory)
Source: bbc, Image: pixabayNomophobia is the fear of not having your cell phone
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabayIn 2012 iPhone sales (over $22 billion) were worth more than all Microsoft products combined (over $17 billion)
Source: reddit, Image: pixabayIn Britain, nearly 100,000 cell phones are dropped down toilets every year
Source: 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off by John Lloyd, Image: SuSanA Secretariat via FlickrMost internet users in China access the internet via mobile phones. Not Pc's.
Source: thenextweb.com, Image: pixabayIf it is fully charged once per day, the iPhone consumes 25 cents of electricity annually
Source: forbes.com, Image: pixabaySmartphone technology is based on more than 250,000 individual patents
Source: nytimes, Image: thebluediamondgallery.comAn average person unlocks their smart phone 110 times every day
Source: time.com, Image: pixabayIn Finland, mobile phone throwing is an actual sport
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaThe first cell phones sold in the US in 1983 cost $4,000
Source: wikipediaIn 2012, Apple sold 340,000 iPhones every single day
Source: forbes, Image: pixabayIn Japan, the vast majority of cell phones are waterproof because people are accustomed to using them even in the shower
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabayMartin Cooper, a former inventor for Motorola, made the first cell phone call in 1973
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaMore than 250,000 million Nokia 1100 phones were sold. That made the Nokia brick the best selling electrical device in history
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipediaThere is no evidence that radiation from cell phones is harmful
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabayThere are more people on Earth with mobile phones than with toilets
Source: forbes, Image: pixabayFacebook and Youtube account for over 30% of the data sent to and from mobile devices
Source: mashable.com, Image: pixabay65% of smart phone users don't download any apps
Source: qz.com, Image: pixabay99% of mobile malware is targeted at Android phones
Source: dailydot.com, Image: pixabay47% of smartphone users in the US say they couldn't live without their phone
Source: pewresearch.org, Image: pixabayThe mobile phone industry is the fastest growing industry on Earth
Source: ibtimes, Image: pixabaySonim XP3300 Force is the toughest phone in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It fell from 84 feet and wasn't damaged
Source: Guinness Book of World Records, Image: pixabay70% of mobile phones are manufactured in China
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabayLists Going Viral Right Now
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