10 weird smartphone facts

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  •  In today's standards mobile phones weigh around 200ish grams but the first mobile phone weighed 2.5 lbs. Imagine that phone falling on your face. 
  • In all of the ads, iPhones are always set to 9:41. 
  • Although many might think that Google created Android, Google actually bought Android in 2005 for an estimated amount of $50 million. 
  • The word ' iPhone ' actually belonged to Cisco, after a long period of negotiating the term was finally settled. 
  • Nomofobia, the term is a combination of the phrase ' no mobile phobia ' and exactly what it sounds like. The fear of being without your phone and unfortunately we all can agree with this situation. 
  • The IBM Simon was the first phone to feature a touchscreen. 
  • There are around 3.8 billion smartphone users worldwide (2021). That's around 48.72% of the total population. 
  • Almost 88% of smartphone users have used their phone while driving. 
  • By far the most expensive phone ever made was the Falcon Supernova Pink Diamond version ( customized iPhone 6s), which cost $48.5 million. 
  • The average phone user checks their phone approx 58 times a day. That's 1,740 a mouth and 21,170 a year. 


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