10 Amazing Facts About Mobile Phones Which Will Shock You

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10 Amazing Facts About Mobile Phones Which Will Shock You

We can’t imagine our lives without a mobile phone now.  We are addicted to them, our day starts with them.  Google’s Google Now, Apple’s siri and Microsoft’s Cortana became a part of our life, they made our lives simple and they help us in many ways.  Now let us see the amazing facts about mobile phones.



1.  Have you ever used Nokia 1100? Be proud, it was the bestselling electrical gadget in history with more than 250 million pieces sold

 2.  $4000 is the cost of first mobile phone in US, in 1983

 3.  In 2012 Apple sold more than 340,000 iPhones per day, which is around 4 per second. Also see amazing facts about Apple Inc., and evolution of iOS

 4.  Be careful while using your mobile phone, it has 18 times more bacteria than toilet handles

 5.  Is your phone water proof?  90% of mobile phones in Japan, are waterproof. 

 6.  Insomnia, confusion and headaches are caused due to mobile phone radiation. Experts have identified ringxiety, nomophobia, telephonophobia and frigensophobia as conditions that can effect people.

 7.  This sounds odd, but you can charge your phone by using urine, scientists developed it

 8.  The first mobile call was made by Martin Cooper in 1973

 9.  Do you know that the present mobile phones have more computing power than the computers used for the Apollo 11 to land on the moon

10.  In Britain more than 100,000 mobile phones are dropped down in the toilet every year

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