Telephones and mobile phones are one of the most used pieces of technology – and the effect is global. 91% of adults in the US has a cell phone in their pocket, and with the emergence of the smartphone, they might as well be computers. The technology that has gone into the mobile phones over the past 41 years has been astonishing.
With over 40 years being out on the market, cellphones have racked up some serious figures and stats:
- The very first cell phone, made in 1973, cost around $4,000 dollars, and weighed in at a whopping two pounds! Here’s a picture of that monster of a cell phone!
- 150!! The number of times a daily cell phone users checks their phone! This figure has increased with the integration of social media on most smart phones.
- The #1 use of cell phones is checking the time – far more than texting or calling.
- The Apple iPhone 5s is 1,300 times faster and stores about 16 million times the information as NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer.
These amazing devices can be used to do almost anything from opening your garage door, to banking, to calling people anywhere in the world. In fact, about 25% of all American use only their cell phones to access the internet. This may be due to the fact that there are 5 times more mobile phones than PCs in use. With this many cell phones and mobile devices in use, safety is an absolute must.
Cell phones are an amazing resource, but there are some astounding facts behind them.
Check out these mind blowing phone facts:
- In Japan, 90-95% of cell phones are waterproof, due to teenage cell phone owners using their device in the shower.
- There is a medical term for the fear of losing or being without your cell phone called nomophobia.
- There are approximately 271 million mobile phone subscribers in the US..
- 1,000 cell phones are activated every minute!
- 1.2 billion people access their social media sites on cell phones.
- 83% of people access their emails through smartphones.
- In the last quarter of 2011, there were more Apple iPhones sold than there were children born.
- 45% of the world population sends text messages everyday!
This is an amazing time we live in for technology, but with all those phones, sometimes don’t you just want to know who is calling you?
Monitor who is trying to call or text you with a Radaris Reverse Phone Lookup; these allow you to look up the strange numbers that maybe be calling or texting your family and find out who they are. With 78% of teens now owning a cell phone, monitoring who your kids are calling or texting is also a must today, our phone directory gives parents the insight they need to ensure their child’s safety.