We don't leave home without our mobile phones, but how much do we actually know about our portable telephonic devices and their fascinating history?



http://mashable.com/2011/08/02/mobile-phone-facts/#KBW.E46rdkqK

http://www.spinfold.com/25-amazing-facts-about-mobile-phones/

1. The world's first mobile phone call was made in 1973 by Motorola employee Martin Cooper from the streets of New York City.

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2. The world's first smartphone debuted in 1993 at Florida's Wireless World Conference. Launched by BellSouth Cellular and "weighing in at a little more than a pound," it was a phone-come-PDA with an early LCD touchscreen display. The press release from the launch describes the new handset: "Designed by IBM, Simon looks and acts like a cellular phone but offers much more than voice communications. In fact, users can employ Simon as a wireless machine, a pager, an electronic mail device, a calendar, an appointment schedular, an address book, a calculator and a pen-based sketchpad all at the suggested retail price of $899."

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3. There are various theories about who invented the text message. Short, text-based messaging was developed in a range of telecommunications systems toward the end of the 20th century, but the man credited with creating the SMS the mobile phone's short message service is German Friedhelm Hillebrand. Working for the GSM group, Hillebrand came up with the concept of a 128-byte text message to be sent via the existing mobile phone network. The message's shortness was an obvious parameter due to the size limit, but the exact 160 character limitation was a curious creation of Hillebrand's.

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4. The world's most popular/best selling phone is the Nokia 1100, a basic GSM candybar launched in 2003. Over 250 million 1100s have been sold. Nokia's 3210 and 3310 also made the top five, while the last slot belongs to the iconic Motorola RAZR.

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2. The world's first smartphone debuted in 1993 at Florida's Wireless World Conference. Launched by BellSouth Cellular and "weighing in at a little more than a pound," it was a phone-come-PDA with an early LCD touchscreen display. The press release from the launch describes the new handset: "Designed by IBM, Simon looks and acts like a cellular phone but offers much more than voice communications. In fact, users can employ Simon as a wireless machine, a pager, an electronic mail device, a calendar, an appointment schedular, an address book, a calculator and a pen-based sketchpad all at the suggested retail price of $899."

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4. The world's most popular/best selling phone is the Nokia 1100, a basic GSM candybar launched in 2003. Over 250 million 1100s have been sold. Nokia's 3210 and 3310 also made the top five, while the last slot belongs to the iconic Motorola RAZR.

I remember my mom used this phone, I would 'steal' the phone and hide under my bed to play those craz.ily nice games on it..that shooting game especially,#forgotten the name tho..lol

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Toyolad:
I remember my mom used this phone, I would 'steal' the phone and hide under my bed to play those craz.ily nice games on it..that shooting game especially,#forgotten the name tho..lol

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5. $4000 is the cost of first mobile phone in US, in 1983.


6. In 2012 Apple sold more than 340,000 iPhones per day, which is around 4 per second.


7. Mobile phones have 18 times more bacteria than toilet handles.


8. 90% of mobile phones in Japan are waterproof because ladies are fun of taking their phones to shower and pools.


9. Insomnia, confusion and headaches are caused due to mobile phone radiation. Experts have identified ringxiety, nomophobia, telephonophobia and frigensophobia as conditions that can effect people.


10. 70% of mobile phones are manufactured in China.


11. Around 80% of the world’s population has a mobile phone.


12. Mobile phone industry is the fastest growing industry in the world.

13. In U.S., the mobile phone towers and antennas are often disguised. Engineers have developed ways to install the equipment into telephone poles, clock faces, church roofs and even in signs. Even mobile phone tower is often disguised as plastic trees.

14. According to Guinness World Records, Sonim XP3300 Force is recognized as the world's toughest phone. It survived an 84ft drop without any operational damage.

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Toyolad:
I remember my mom used this phone, I would 'steal' the phone and hide under my bed to play those craz.ily nice games on it..that shooting game especially,#forgotten the name tho..lol

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Toyolad:
I remember my mom used this phone, I would 'steal' the phone and hide under my bed to play those craz.ily nice games on it..that shooting game especially,#forgotten the name tho..lol

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14. According to Guinness World Records, Sonim XP3300 Force is recognized as the world's toughest phone. It survived an 84ft drop without any operational damage.

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15. Where's my cell phone? do you shout like this when you can't find your phone. Then my friend you're having Nomophobia.


16. On an average a person unlocks his lock screen 10 times a day.


17. More than 100,000 mobile phones are dropped in the toilet at Britain every year.


18. Apple's iPhone has high sale than each and every product offered by Microsoft.


19. The most expensive number sold was cell phone number 666-6666, auctioned off for charity in Qatar. It sold for a dizzy $2.7 million, far and away surpassing the previous record holder. The Chinese number 8888-8888 sold for $280,000.

British jeweler Stuart Hughes lays claim to creating the world's most expensive mobile phone. The iPhone 4" Diamond Rose"edition boasts a price tag of £5 million, which currently translates to $8,184,968.42. For that astonishing sum, the purchaser gets 500 individual flawless diamonds totaling over 100 carats, a rose gold Apple logo with 53 diamonds, and a single cut 7.4-carat pink diamond on the home button.

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Toyolad:
I remember my mom used this phone, I would 'steal' the phone and hide under my bed to play those craz.ily nice games on it..that shooting game especially,#forgotten the name tho..lol

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