# Unbelievable Mobile Phone History: First Call, SMS, & Bestsellers

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## Author

- **Name**: Tiara
- **Username**: @a_bino2

## Content

Here are some fun facts about mobile phones! 📱

1. First mobile phone call was made by Motorola's Martin Cooper on April 3, 1973. He called a rival to boast! 😂

2. The first commercial mobile phone (Motorola DynaTAC 8000X) released in 1983 cost around $4,000! 💸 That's like paying for a small car today!

3. The first SMS ("Merry Christmas") was sent in 1992. 🎄 No emojis yet!

4. The Nokia 1100 (released 2003) is still the best-selling mobile phone of all time, with over 250 million units sold! 🤯 Talk about durability!

5. Your phone actually has more computing power than the computers used for the Apollo 11 moon landing! 🚀🤯

6. "Nomophobia" is the fear of being without your mobile phone. 😱

7. Some studies suggest phones carry 20-30 times more bacteria than a toilet seat! 🦠🧼

8. In Japan, 90% of mobile phones are waterproof! 🌧️💧

9. The word "emoji" comes from Japanese: "e" (picture) + "moji" (character). 🇯🇵

10. The "Face with Tears of Joy" 😂 emoji was Oxford Dictionaries' 2015 "Word of the Year."

11. Globally, there are more active mobile phones than people! 🌍

12. The average person checks their phone around 150 times a day! 👀

13. Many phone towers and antennas are cleverly disguised as trees, flagpoles, or even church steeples! 🌳⛪

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- **Posted**: 6/22/2025
- **View on HelloTalk**: [https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/tuxFzMZINwpjHD.md](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/tuxFzMZINwpjHD.md)
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