Amazing facts about mobile phones

1. REHAN 27.01.2026 / 23:04
1. There are 7.67 billion people on planet Earth, and only 3.5 billion of them use toothbrushes. However, more than 4 billion people use mobile phones.
2. 91% of all adults who use a mobile phone have it within reach 24 hours a day. 3. Only 25% of American phone users have access to the mobile Internet. 4. There are five times as many mobile phones in the world as computers. 5. 82% of adults in America own a mobile phone. 6. In the UK, 51% of mobile phone subscribers own a smartphone. In the US, that number is 49%. 7. 90% of all text messages are read within three minutes of delivery. 8. The smartphone you are using right now has far more computing power than the computers that were used to land on the moon when Apollo 11 landed. 9. Mobile phones first went on sale in the US in 1983. How much did they cost? Almost $4,000! 10. In 2012, Apple sold 340,000 iPhones every day. Compared to toilet door handles, mobile phones have 18 times more bacteria. 12. 90% of all mobile phones used in Japan are waterproof. The reason is strange. Young people use their phones even when they shower. Therefore, phones must be waterproof. 13. Mobile phone radiation can lead to health problems such as confusion, headaches, and insomnia. 14. Scientists have found a way to use urine to charge mobile phones. 15. Martin Cooper was the first person to make a phone call. He did so in 1973. In case you don’t know, he was an inventor at Motorola. 16. Apple’s iPhone is worth more than all of Microsoft’s combined. 17. If you are afraid of losing your mobile phone or losing your signal, it is called nomophobia. 18. Have you ever owned a Nokia 1100 mobile phone? It has sold 250 million units worldwide. The model became the best-selling in the history of all electronic devices.19. In the UK, users drop 100,000 mobile phones down the toilet every year.20. There are more people with mobile phones in the world than there are toilets.21. In China, mobile Internet is more popular than PC access.22. When it comes to web traffic, 27% of upstream traffic comes from photos uploaded to Facebook via mobile phones.23. An iPhone, if fully charged once a day, consumes $0.25 worth of electricity per year.24. Of all smartphone users worldwide, 65% do not download any apps at all.25. There are almost 250,000 separate patents related to smartphone technology.26. Of all mobile malware, 99% targets those using the Android operating system.27. How many times a day does the average person unlock their smartphone? About 110 times.28. In Finland, throwing mobile phones is an official sport.29. Divorcing your partner via text messages is a crime in Malaysia.30. A survey was conducted among millennials. 47% agreed thatthat sometimes they use smartphones with one sole intention - to avoid the people around them. 31. Of all the mobile phones in the world, 70% are made in China. 32. £142,000 is the largest mobile phone bill ever paid in a single month. It went to Selina Aarons. 33. The most expensive phone in the world (as of 2013) was the iPhone 5 Black Diamond. Its price was $15 million. 34. It was made of 135 grams of pure gold and 600 diamonds. It took 9 weeks to create. 35. 49% of smartphone users spend most of their "screen" time gambling, and 30% - on social networks. 36. What is the most durable phone in the world? It is the Sonim XP3300 Force. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it withstood a fall from a height of 25 meters without losing its functionality. 37. BellSouth Cellular has released the world's first smartphone. It was introduced at the Wireless World Conference held in Florida in 1993. The phone had a touch screen with a liquid crystal display.38. The phone introduced by BellSouth Cellular was called Simon and was developed by IBM. Its price was $899.39. Phantom vibration syndrome is a condition in which a person feels as if his phone is ringing or vibrating.40. There is such a thing as frigensophobia. This is a fear of using mobile phones because they harm the brain.

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