Facts of Mobile phones in 40 years

Facts of Mobile phones in 40 years 

1~~~ ON April 3, 1973 Martin Cooper made a call on this hefty, hand–held device and made history. Things have certainly changed a bit since then.

2~~~ The first mobile telephone call made from a car occurred in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on June 17, 1946, using the Bell System's Mobile Telephone Service. 

3~~~ Although not known as a cell phone manufacturer today, the International Business Machines (IBM) company began making a smartphone as early as 1993.

4~~~ The wireless telephone technologies are grouped under heads known as generations, starting from zero generation or 0G. The current generation going on is 4G. 

5~~~ 1 billion of the world’s 4+ billion mobiles phones are now Smart Phones. 200+ million (1/3 of all users) access Facebook from a mobile device 

6~~~ All cell phones emit electromagnetic radiation. This radiation from your cell phone can travel up to 20 feet effecting not only you but family and friends. 

7~~~ Pakistan crosses 125m mobile users mark (The stats are related to the data collected till May 2013)

8~~~ 30m internet users in Pakistan, half on mobile

9~~~ The World's Most Expensive Mobile Phone. The iPhone 4 "Diamond Rose" edition boasts a price tag of 5 million pounds, which currently translates to $8,184,968.42.

The iPhone 4 Diamond Rose

10~~~ The first mobile phone call made in the UK was in 1985 when comedian Ernie Wise called from London to Vodafone's offices in Newbury, Berkshire. Mobile phones went on sale here two years later costing £1,200 each and became the must–have gadget of the yuppie. They entered popular culture when Del Boy was seen brandishing one in hit TV series Only Fools And Horses. Nine out of 10 adults in the UK now have a mobile phone.

11~~~ Mobile phone texting was first introduced 21 years ago. Neil Papworth, a 22–year–old software programmer from Reading, sent the first message when he wished his friend Richard Jarvis of Vodafone: "Merry Christmas." At the time mobile phones didn't have keyboards so it was sent via personal computer.

12~~~ The most common use for a mobile is neither calling nor texting but checking the time.

13~~~ Modern devices can weigh less than 3oz and around the world there are now five billion mobile telephones. In the UK the volume of calls from mobile phones first exceeded the volume of calls from fixed phones in 2011. The mobile phone industry is the fastest–growing in the world.

14~~~ In the UK a mobile phone is stolen every three minutes. The Metropolitan Police claim that such thefts account for one third such thefts account for one third of all street robberies in London. Inventors are working on the idea of keeping your sim card safe by inserting it into your forearm

15~~~ A decade later in 1983 the first mobile phones went on sale in the US costing about £2,500 each. By 1990 there were a million users.


16~~~ The first photo to be shared using a mobile phone was taken in 1997 by Philippe Kahn. He sent snaps from the maternity ward where his daughter Sophie was born. Kahn, an inventor from France, is credited with developing the world's first camera phone.

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