Interesting facts about mobile phones Is a great opportunity to learn more about communications. Today they are firmly embedded in the lives of billions of people. At the same time, modern models are not just a device for making calls, but a serious organizer with which you can perform a lot of important actions.
So, here are the most interesting facts about mobile phones.
- The first call from a mobile phone was made in 1973.
- The most popular phone in history is the Nokia 1100, which has been released in over 250 million copies.
- The mobile phone went on wide sale in America (see interesting facts about the USA), in 1983. At that time the cost of the phone reached $ 4000.
- The first phone model weighed almost 1 kg. At the same time, the battery charge was enough for only 30 minutes of talk.
- "IBM Simon" is the first smartphone in the world, released in 1993. It is worth noting that the phone was equipped with a touch screen.
- Did you know that today there are more mobile phones than the world's population?
- The first ever SMS message was sent in 1992.
- Statistics show that drivers are more likely to get into accidents due to talking on a mobile phone than from driving while intoxicated.
- An interesting fact is that in a number of countries, cell towers are disguised as plants so as not to spoil the landscape.
- Many mobile phone models sold in Japan are waterproof. This is due to the fact that the Japanese almost never part with their mobile phones, using them even in the shower.
- In 1910, American journalist Robert Sloss predicted the appearance of the mobile phone and described the consequences of its appearance.
- In 1957, the Soviet radio engineer Leonid Kupriyanovich created in the USSR an experimental model of the LK-1 mobile phone, weighing 3 kg.
- Today's mobile devices are more powerful than the computers in the spaceships that carried American astronauts to the moon.
- Mobile phones, or rather the batteries in them, cause certain harm to the environment.
- In Estonia, it is allowed to take part in elections using the corresponding application on your mobile phone.
