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Which of these did you rock back then?


* Those days When today's Mums were babes and Dad's were guys.


* Those when they were called handset.


* Those days of infrafred.


* Those days when you have videos that plays for just few seconds and you still be forming king.


* Those days when you have to delete 3 different files just to accept another single file from a friend.


* Those days when you were not making calls but you'll still place your phone on ear forming king in the class and street.





1. Nokia 3310.

Idanre hill is beautiful, and amazing.

Mods, Idanre is a town in Ondo state not Akure.
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27. Shopping and trading are now more common with Smartphones as 88% of Smartphone users expressed that they are more spontaneous with buying due to their Smartphones. In year 2013, $$27 billion of mobile payment was processed by PayPal. In recent year, the mobile commerce paymentis expected to reach $114 billion.


http://www.crizmo.com/10-surprising-facts-about-smartphones-you-didnt-know.html

26. More than 50% of world population has access to 3G internet connection, most of this used via Smartphones.

In the year 2000, the entire world population generated 1 Exabyte (1 billion Gigabyte) of data on internet, while in 2013 mobile phones generated 18 Exabytes of internet data. With advent 4G, this would reach 15 Exabytes per month in 2018.
50% of teens having smartphones surf web and social networking through their Smartphones.

25. On an average, Smartphone user checks their phones over 110 times a day and spent 37 hours (even more than that) per month on installed apps. Although it seems waste of time but, if it comes to the academic progress, smartphone users are three time more likely to track their academic progress and some what smarter as compare to others as they can study on the go.

24. In Africa, people have access to mobile than clean drinking water.

23. Research has shown that mobile phone users are at 2.5 times risk of brain tumors caused by phone radiation.

About 60% of the radiation emitted by a typical cell phone will be absorbed by the user's head.

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donjazet:
EXPLORERS!! Nice one, but its 1983 not 1993. Pls correct it to avoid misinformation.

Thanks, but both sources says 1993 if you check my first post.

Thanks.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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

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/

gebest:
point of correction, nigeria police is 270,000. okey.

Okay, thank you sir.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Police_Force?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C2689668163


http://dailypost.ng/2015/08/11/370000-policemen-to-170-million-nigerians-grossly-insufficient-lawmaker/

1. China: 1,600,000 police officers.


China has an estimated police population of 1.6 million, with the People’s Armed Police (PAP) numbering between 1.1 and 1.5 million alone (not including the Judicial Police or State Security Police). Chinese police officers have to deal with 1.3 billion people, so there is a low ratio of just 120 law enforcement personnel per 100,000 Chinese citizens. Corruption is an endemic problem; it has been documented that police stations have even been used as gambling houses with officers augmenting their salaries through bribes and protection services. Even a former head of the police services, Zhou Yongkang, has recently been arrested and faces charges of corruption.

2. India: 1,585,353 police officers.


A giant police force numbering over 1.5 million is in place in India to deal with an even more gigantic population of 1.2 billion. But the low rate of 120 officers per 100,000 people means that police officers are overworked, towns are under-policed and many crimes go unreported. Crimes against women in India are disproportionately high and police forces have come under criticism for the common use of torture during suspect interrogations. Statistics have been collected to show that VIPs in India enjoy greater security than the av average citizen: The average Indian official enjoys the company of three police officers where as 761 civilians have to rely on just one officer for their law enforcement needs. The gulf between the rich and poor in India is apparently not just limited to personal wealth.

3. US: 794,300 police officers.


The USA has a ratio of 254 police officers per 100,000 people, close to the UN’s recommended minimum. The country has a large police population but still aims to project the image of a democratic nation that doesn’t have to rely on a heavy uniformed police presence to keep its citizens in check. Policing in the States dates back to 1837, with the formation of the Chicago Police Department. Sworn personnel with arrest powers have to deal with high rates of violent crime and property crime, with the US also having the highest incarceration rate in the world.

4. Russia: 782,001 police officers.


Russia is a huge country, its police force has 6.59 million square miles to patrol. This is one reason why the country needs such a huge amount of police officers. However, the ratio of police officers to population is very high, with 546 officers watching out for every 100,000 people. Of course, the USSR was a police state and even though this nation has now dissolved, Russia has inherited many of the darker aspects of its previous incarnation. However, regardless of whether Russia can still be defined as still a police state or not, its law enforcement personnel have plenty to do in dealing with arms and human traffickers, widespread corruption, murder and the incredibly powerful criminal element that is the Russian Mafia (with an estimated membership of three million in Russia alone).

5. Indonesia: 579,000 police officers.


Estimates for the actual size of Indonesia’s police force do vary considerably, but this is hardly surprising when you consider the logistical nightmare of trying to perform an accurate census of over 237 million people spread over 17,500 islands (although only 922 are permanently inhabited). Policing the nation, with 243 officers per 100,000, is a mammoth task and also explains why the Indonesian National Police has 12,000 marine police in its ranks.

6. Mexico: 544,000 police officers.


The infamous problems inherent to the country of Mexico have led to the nation possessing a massive police force. With a ratio of around 460 officers per 100,000 people clearly the people in power are trying to fight fire with fire. However, issues with corruption and low salaries make the profession of a police officer unattractive, especially when you figure in the fact that over 4,000 federal, state and municipal police officers have been killed in the Mexican Drug War since 2006.

7. Brazil: 478,001 police officers.


With 282 police offers per 100,000 Brazilians, the Brazilian government is clearly making an effort to deal with the crime issues that the country is renowned for. The drug trade is rife and Brazil suffers from a very high homicide rate, with a frightening total of 42,785 people murdered in 2011 alone. Police in Brazil are notorious for their no-nonsense approach toward violent crime, so while they obviously help minimise crime they concurrently actually contribute to the amount of people killed annually. In January, 12 men were gunned down by police officers in a spate of separate shootings.

8. Turkey: 412, 624 police officers.


Turkey, which is a candidate state for joining the European Union, is a heavily-policed nation. Not only does it have a force numbering over 400,000, but it also has a high ratio of officers to population, with 538 officers per 100,000. That is the second largest ratio for countries in this list. Turkey relies heavily on tourism, and it has had issues with terrorist attacks, so the need for an abundant uniformed presence is necessary.

9. Nigeria: 371, 800 police officers.


The only African nation in this top10 list, Nigeria’s 371, 800 police officers provide the citizens with a policing ratio of 205 officers per 100,000 (in contrast, South Africa has 317 officers per 100,000 and Zimbabwe has 401). Nigeria is a huge country, with a population of over 174 million people (the seventh largest country by population) but is also very poor, with a per capita nominal GDP of just $1,831 (a lowly 138th in the world). The country has issues with drug trafficking, piracy and the infamous 419 scams that fill our email spam folders.
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10. Pakistan: 354, 221 police officers.


Pakistan offers a ratio of 207 police offers per 100,000 people, putting it close to the UN’s recommended minimum of 222. However, the Asian state is often considered volatile and lacking security, mostly due to its huge 1,640 mile border with Afghanistan, which is believed to be one of the most dangerous places in the world. The famous Wagah border ceremony between India and Pakistan is carried out by the police element called the Pakistan Rangers on the western side.