10 Fun Mobile phone facts

10 Fun mobile phone facts

On a lighter note we decided to share with you some mobile phone trivia found off the Internet,  these facts range from humble beginnings of the first phone call made to the outrageous studies relating to recharging mobiles through the use of urine! how true or false they actually are, is for you to decide, yet none-the-less definitely worth a read! some of them are even shocking, and even raise some health concerns! we hope you enjoy reading them, as much as we did finding them for you, and don't forget to stay safe, and sanitise :)

1. In 1983, the first mobile phones went on sale in the U.S. at almost $4,000 each
2. Apple sold 340,000 iPhones per day in 2012.
3. Mobile phones have 18 times more bacteria than toilet handles.
4. Scientists have developed a way of charging mobile phones using urine.
5. The first mobile phone call was made in 1973 by Martin Cooper, a former Motorola inventor.
6. Nomophobia is the fear of being without your mobile phone or losing your signal.
7. 100,000 mobile phones are dropped down the toilet in Britain every year.
8. A UN report discovered that more people in the world have mobile phones that toilets.
9. 65% of smartphone users download zero apps per month.
10. Mobile Phone Throwing is an official sport in Finland.

By Bulesa

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