5 Incredible Mobile Phone Facts You Probably Won’t Believe
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5 Incredible Mobile Phone Facts
Mobile Phone Facts You Probably Won’t Believe
5 Incredible Mobile Phone Facts. Mobile phones have become an integral part of our daily lives, serving as much more than just communication devices. From capturing countless dog photos to keeping us entertained in unconventional moments, these gadgets have woven themselves into the fabric of modern existence.
Curious to know some of the most astonishing and offbeat facts about these indispensable companions? Here's a collection of fascinating revelations that might leave you in awe:
1, Your phone is probably dirtier than your toilet handle
Prepare to be astounded—and maybe a bit grossed out. Your trusty mobile phone, often an extension of your hand, can accumulate more germs than a standard toilet handle.
The next time you're on your device, think twice about where it's been! Luckily when you buy a pre-loved refurbished phone at Buy UR, it’s been loved back to its shiny clean self, so you don’t need to worry!
2, of 5 Incredible Mobile Phone Facts. Your Smartphone has more computing power than the Apollo 11 spaceship
Modern mobile phones pack a serious punch in terms of processing power. In fact, your average smartphone today boasts more computational capability than the computers used for the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.
3 of 5 Incredible Mobile Phone Facts: There are already way more phones than people on this planet
The average UK household is hoarding around 13 phones - but the bizarre habit of keeping old tech spreads globally.
Now in 2024, the number of people who have a mobile phone in the world is higher than it’s ever been, which is why the world of clever and cost-saving refurbishments are taking the market by storm. What will this look like in ten years’ time?
4 of 5 Incredible Mobile Phone Facts: Being without your phone is now a real, recognised phobia
Fear of spiders? Sure, us too. But what about the fear of being without your smartphone?
It’s become such a thing that there’s now a name for it. Yep, if you have a phobia of having empty hands and no phone, you have… wait for it…. Nomophobia.
5 of 5 Incredible Mobile Phone Facts: In Finland, chucking mobile phones around is a loved sport
In the UK we prefer to sell our phones to Buy UR in exchange for quick cash.
But in Finland, they prefer to throw them around and call it sport. If that’s not weird enough, they hold an annual world championship in phone throwing.
The distance record, to date, is set at 97 meters for men and 40 meters for women. Before you get any ideas, remember you can give your old phone to us and we’ll pay you for it. Find out more here.
