Phoney Facts
Read each of these facts and see how many you can remember… Have an in class quiz and test yourself against your friends:
“Who is top of the class on Phone Trivia?”
- Did You Know:
- There are now more mobile phones than people in Ireland!
- Some mobile phones and their accessories contain some of the most toxic substances known to man.
- Mobile phones contain small amounts of precious metals like gold, silver and copper.
- The average mobile phone user will replace their handset once every 18 months.
- There are twice as many mobile phones as TV’s worldwide.
- At the end of 2007 there were 3 times as many mobile phone subscribers as there were total users of the internet.
- There are 4 times as many mobile phones as personal computers of all types.
- At the end of 2007 there was a mobile phone subscription for 50% of the population (world population is 6.6 billion)
- Globally there are 3.3 billion mobile phone subscribers
- 72% of people use their mobile as an alarm clock.
- 60% of all wireless internet access is done indoors.
- It takes on average people 68 minutes to report a lost mobile phone. On average it takes 26 hours to report a lost wallet.
- There are 4 times as many camera enabled phones sold as pure digital camera.
- In 2007, 2.5 Billion people actively used SMS Vs. 1.2 billion users of email.
- 18% of the world’s population can be reached via Email, 38% who can be reached via SMS.
- Young people now spend 8 times more on mobile phones than they do experiencing music.
- 500 million Indian youths will own a mobile phone by 2012
- If you spent an average of just €10 a week on phone credit, from the age of 12 years old. By the time you hit your 80th birthday, that will be over €35, 360 spent on credit. Enough to buy a new car perhaps!!
- And considering the average person replaces their phone every 18months… (45 phones X€100=€4,500 Euro)
- Now did you ever think there were so many Phoney Facts!!!