Fascinating facts about the evolution of the cell phone

Fascinating facts about the evolution of the cell phone - It's incredibly difficult to imagine our lives without a cell phone in our hand or pocket. It's increasingly more common to see groups of people on their phone, instead of interacting with one another, or all gathered around someone's phone, laughing at a meme or video on social media. The way we socialize is greatly impacted by the existence of the cell phone, especially as it's evolved over the years. Check out this gallery to learn some fascinating facts about this technological device!

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Price - When the United States first started selling the cell phone in 1983, it costed $4,000.

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Power - According to NASA, the smartphone has more computing power than the computers used in the Apollo 11 mission.

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Success - Apple's 2012 fiscal report stated that about 340,000 iPhones were sold in that year alone.

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Germs - A hygiene test performed by specialist Jim Francis in 2010 found that a cell phone carries 18 times more bacteria than a toilet handle.

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Japan - Around 90% of cell phones sold in Japan are waterproof. The Japanese see it as a necessity for people, so that they are able to bring their phones into the shower with them.

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Danger - A financial study, performed by various cell phone companies in 2008, found that using a cell phone immediately before going to sleep can cause insomnia and headaches.

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Unusual - In 2013, scientists from Bristol Robotic Laboratory developed a way to charge a cell phone using urine.

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Phobia - The phobia of losing your cell phone or being out of contact due to receptivity issues is called nomophobia.

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Nokia 1100 - With 250 million sold, this Nokia phone takes first place on the list of most sold cell phones.

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Toilets and phones - Nowadays, it is easier to have access to a cell phone than a toilet.

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First phone call - The first cell phone call ever made was by Motorola inventor, Martin Cooper, in 1973.

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Phones dropped in toilets - The book '1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off' reports that more than 100,000 cell phones have been dropped in the toilet in Great Britain alone.

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China - In this country, more people access the internet through a cell phone than a computer.

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Apps - According to comScore, about 65% of people download zero apps a month.

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Malwares - The online security company F-Secure stated that 99% of all cell phone malware is designed for Android phones.

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Unlock - A study by Locket determined that people unlock their phone, on average, 110 times a day.

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Ahead of the times - IBM invented a smartphone in 1994 called IBM Simon. It had a touch screen and could even send emails and process applications.

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Worrying figures - A survey in 2015 found that 47% of Americans feel that they cannot live without their smartphone.

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Unusual sport - Cell phone throwing became an official sport in Finland in 2000.

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Divorce - In Malaysia, it's legal to divorce your partner through a text message.

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Avoiding socialization - A study performed in the US in 2015 found that 47% of millennials use their cell phone to avoid interacting with other people.

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Selfies - In 2015, more people were killed while taking a selfie than killed by a shark.

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Charging - Charging your phone only adds about one dollar a year to your electricity bill.

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Patents - It's estimated that there are currently 250,000 patents associated with cell phones.

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Cell phone and cancer - Despite the rumors, there is no scientific evidence to back up the myth that cell phone radiation can cause the development of a tumor.

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Most expensive (not pictured here) - The iPhone 5 Black Diamond created by Stuart Hughes costs $16.5 million. The edges of the phone contain 600 white diamonds.

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Personal information - 80% of cell phones contain enough information for someone to commit identity fraud.

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Worldwide - It's estimated that there are currently four billion cell phones circulating on the planet.

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Dimension - Currently, there are two times more cell phones in the world than credit cards.

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