7 interesting facts about mobile phones

The advent of the mobile phone has become one of the most remarkable achievements of mankind in the past half-century. No other invention can not be compared with that in the depth of influence on our daily lives and the velocity of propagation. Today we tell about a few interesting facts associated with this wonderful piece of engineering.

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The term "smartphone"Was first put into circulation by Ericsson in 2000. Ericsson R380s for the new phone advertising. The device runs Symbian OS v5.1 and possesses a monochrome touch screen under the hinged cover (flip).

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The performance of any modern smartphone, including you, is greater than the total capacity of all the computers used NASA for the calculation and management of the landing of man on the moon within the framework of the program "Apollo".

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In Japan, 90% of the phones available in the body, protects against moisture, because the Japanese young people do not breaks up with them even in the bath and shower.

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Fear of losing your cell phone or lose connection called

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The most successful phone in the world is Nokia 1101. Since its launch in 2003, it has sold more than 250 million units, a record not only among the tubes, but also among the electronic gadgets in general. Currently, the model is out of production.

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According to published in 2013 UN report, The number of mobile phone users far exceeds the number of people with a toilet. Six of the seven billion people have mobile phones but only 4.5 billion live in decent hygienic conditions.

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throwing Mobile phones is a popular sport in Finland, Belgium and some other countries. Held at 2014 the next World Championships in this discipline has been set a new world record - 110.42 meters.

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