Using a hands-free device to talk on the phone while driving is shown to be equally or more dangerous than driving drunk.
100 Mind-Blowing Phone Facts
Putting your phone in aeroplane mode will stop ads while playing games.
The first hand-held mobile phone call was made on April 3rd, 1973, in NYC.
Samsung tests phone durability with a butt-shaped robot. People stash their phones in their back pockets all the time, which is why Samsung created a robot shaped like a butt to “sit” on their phones to make sure they can take the pressure. Believe it or not, the robot even wears jeans.
Researchers once turned a live cat into a telephone. Princeton researchers Ernest Wever and Charles Bray took out a cat’s skull and most of its brain to connect the animal to electricity. When they spoke into the cat’s ear, the sound could be heard through a phone receiver in another room. The twisted experiment paved the way for cochlear implant developments.
Samsung tests phone durability with a butt robot. People tend to store their devices in their back pockets, which is why Samsung created a robotic butt to test phone durability.
People used to answer the phone with “ahoy”. Back during the 1800s phone greetings were inspired by the Simpsons when Mr. Burns would pick up the phone with “Ahoy-hoy”. Thomas Eddison, however, wanted users to use ‘Hello’ instead. We know who won that argument.
95% of people text things that they would never say in person. However, what’s more, interesting is what people are willing to say rather. People are more willing to be revealed over the phone rather than in person because of the psychological thrill it entails.
Samsung translates to ‘three stars’ in Korean. This name was chosen by the founder mainly due to its symbolism. He wanted the phone company to be as powerful and everlasting as the stars.
An American man tried to fake his death so he wouldn’t have to pay his phone bill. In 2007, Corey Taylor attempted to fake his death to get out of his smartphone contract without paying for anything. However, despite his efforts, it did not work.
The first cell phone call was made in 1973. Motorola engineer Martin Cooper made the first handheld cellular phone call on April 3, 1973.
70% of cell phones are manufactured in China. In December 2019, 175.29 million cell phones were produced in China. Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Realme are all Chinese phone companies that dominate the mobile phone market.
Reality TV phone calls are almost always fake. Phone calls are a familiar reality TV template, but there’s not much reality to them, either. It’s relatively easy since the fake conversation can be shot for each speaker and then edited together.
People used to answer the phone by saying “Ahoy!” What would you do if you called someone and they answered with, “Ahoy!” I, for one, would throw my hands at how unnecessary that would be. However, when the public started using the phone in the 1800s, inventor Alexander Graham Bell decided that phone calls should be answered with “ahoy” instead of “hello.” However, Thomas Edison wanted users to answer the phone with “hello.” By 1880, “ahoy” was just something a pirate would say.
The average person spends 2 years using their phone. We’ve heard it from adults billions of times: “You spend way too much time on that phone!” However, they may not be exaggerating. So far, the average person spends an entire 2 years on their phones throughout their lifetime.
In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, “Well, are you there?”. It wasn’t until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase “Number please?”
The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.
You will get cell phone service on the top of Mount Everest.
When the first consistent phone service was established in 1878, Alexander Graham Bell suggested answering the phone with “ahoy.”
Studies have found that nine out of ten people experience phantom phone vibrations. It’s suggested that when we keep our phones in our pockets regularly, they become almost like an extension of ourselves. This is similar to wearing glasses for extended periods. When we experience any kind of muscle spasm, a shift in clothing, or any other form of vibration, we instantly assume that it is our phone. This is believed to be because we are much more high-strung these days and are always on the alert, so we don’t miss important texts or notifications.
The prop master in Scream forgot to unplug Drew Barrymore’s phone, so she called 911 screaming several times until the police called back during a take.
Apple was originally designed as an apple-shaped flip phone.
The first handheld mobile phone was made by Motorola.
Motorola produced the first-ever portable mobile phone. In 1983, Motorola paved the way for smartphone manufacturing companies by creating the first portable phone called DynaTAC 8000X. It is bulky and has keypads and an antenna.
First cellular/mobile phone ever. Motorola released the world’s first mobile phone, the DynaTAC 8000x, in 1983. This portable phone cost $3,995 upon release and offered 30 minutes of talk time. Charging the device required 10 hours, and it could only store 30 phone numbers in memory. Unsurprisingly, few people purchased the device, but it marked a breakthrough in mobile technology. Nowadays, cell phones and smartphones (no matter how cheap or expensive they are) are indispensable gadgets in people’s lives.
Which is the older email or www? Most people don’t realize email came long before the World Wide Web. Before the web came along, email worked much differently than today. Users needed to dial a rotary phone to connect to Micronet and access the email webpage. Academic researchers and government entities used email at the time. Consumer usage simply didn’t exist until the Internet came to fruition. Considering what email is today, its original form is archaic and almost confusing to see in action. For that reason, not a single person wants to return to the email systems of the past.
The first cell phone call. The first mobile phone call took place on April 3, 1973. Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher, placed the call on a prototype device. After dialling the phone number, his device connected to a base station, which then connected to the landline system of AT&T. Cooper called his biggest rival at AT&T, Joel Engel. Cooper kept the conversation both brief and modest. He simply told Engel he had made the call from a bona fide mobile phone. From there, Cooper helped Motorola and other companies usher in the age of the mobile phone a few years later.
Steve Jobs used sleight of hand at the first iPhone presentation. The first iPhone presentation happened six months before the iPhone was set to hit the market. At that time, the phone was too buggy to use, so Steve Jobs often had to switch phones behind his desk. Otherwise, it would run out of RAM and crash.
Computer Security Day is celebrated on November 30th. It was started in 1988 to help raise awareness of computer-related security issues. To celebrate Computer Security Day is easy and important – check your privacy settings on Facebook, and change your passwords to something stronger. You can also read the latest technology facts and make sure your data stored on your phone or in the cloud is secure.
There’s a name for when you feel your phone vibrate… but it doesn’t. This is my favourite tech fact on this list! “Phantom Vibration Syndrome” is the name for when someone thinks their phone is vibrating, but it isn’t. Research suggests the cause for this is someone being over-involved with their phone.
The first cell phone call was in New York City. In 1973, the first-ever mobile phone call was made by Martin Cooper, an employee of Motorola, made from the streets of New York City. It wasn’t until 19 years later that Neil Papworth sent the first SMS message.
iPhones were almost in the shape of an apple. The original design for an iPhone was in the shape of a literal apple. It was initially designed as a flip phone with a push keypad. When closed, it looked like the Apple logo.
Nokia is the largest company in Finland. So much so, that it is viewed as a national pride by Finns! And while we often think Nokia is just a cell phone company, this famous brand was originally a paper manufacturer in 1865. Nokia branched out into technology in the 1980s.
More people have cell phones than toilets. Out of all the 7.7 billion people in the world, over 6 billion of those have access to a cell phone. Meanwhile, only 4.5 billion have access to working toilets!
The most expensive phone number cost millions. Back in 2006, Qatar Telecom hosted a charity auction where they sold the phone number 666-6666. It sold for $2.75 million, bought by an anonymous bidder.
An average 21-year-old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games. These days, by 21, you’ll have also sent 250,000 emails and texts and spent 10,000 hours on a cell phone. That’s a lot of time!
Most of the purchases in China are done with mobile phones. Chinese people love online shopping! Around 70% of online purchases are made with mobile phones. Meanwhile, only 46% of online purchases in the U.S. are done with a cell phone.
Premise-based phone systems are phasing out Panasonic announced its PBX system will be deactivated in 2023.
Edward Snowden Leaks: In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified information about NSA surveillance programs, including PRISM and metadata collection, which revealed extensive data collection from U.S. Internet service providers and cellular phone calls.
Cell Phone Location Collection: The NSA also collected metadata on cellular phone locations, including phone numbers and call durations, but not the content of the calls.