July is National Cell Phone Courtesy Month and was established to help educate people on how to be aware of their surroundings and adjust their conversations with this in mind!
- 1940s – AT&T engineers develop cells for mobile phone base stations.
- 1973 – Motorola mass produces the first mobile phone.
- 1989 – The first Motorola flip phone is launched.
- 2002 – National Cell Phone Courtesy Month was founded by Jacqueline Whitmore, a manners expert from Palm Beach, Florida.
- 2003 – Blackberry 6210 is released. The first BlackBerry model that combined email, web browsing, and a built-in phone into a single, headset-free unit.
- 2005 – The Nokia 1100 is released and becomes the number one selling model EVER. They sold over 250 million units.
- 2007 – The first iPhone is launched.
- 2015 – A study found that 77% of U.S. adults believe it is okay for people to use their cell phones while walking down the street.
- 75% support using phones on public transit.
- 2016 – A majority of American homes had wireless telephone service but no landline
- 2018 – Nearly 75% of 25- to 34-year-olds live in wireless-only households, compared with about 24% of people 65 and older.
- 2022 – 85% of adults in the United States own a smartphone, and there are more than 6.5 billion smartphone users worldwide.
- On average, an American will check their cell phone more than 300 times per day!
- Up to 47% of Americans would say that they are “addicted” to their cell phones. 74% feel uneasy if they leave their cell phone at home.
- A cell phone capable of running various software and browsing the internet is known as a smartphone.
- Mobile radiation has been linked to infertility, headaches, insomnia, and tumors.
- One of the best-selling mobile phones is the Nokia 1100, which sold 250 million units.
- Finland actually has a mobile-phone-throwing championship.
- The addiction to cell phones is known as NOMOPHOBIA or NO MObile PHone PhoBIA and over 200,000 million people suffer from it.
- Don’t light up your screen in a dark theater.
- Don’t talk/text and drive.
- Keep a distance of at least 10 feet from the nearest person when talking on the phone.
- Put your phone on silent mode in theaters, restaurants, plays, performances and any other group setting where a ringtone may be bothersome.
- Ask your date if they would be bothered by you taking pictures of the food, scenery, etc
- End phone conversations when paying for purchases.
- 57% of Americans regret texts and social media posts.
- This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Blackberry 6210. According to Time Magazine, it was the first Blackberry to combine phone functionality—sans headset—with email, SMS and web-browsing capabilities. That may sound humdrum now, but the device’s long-term impact was enough for Time to rank the Blackberry 6210 among “The 50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time.”
- About 71% of adults who rent live in wireless-only households. Meanwhile, only 43 percent of adults living in owner-occupied homes are wireless-only.
- Only 37.4% of adults in the Northeast are wireless-only. In the South, it’s 57.1 percent; in the West, 55.5 percent; and in the Midwest, 52.5 percent.
- Mobile phone subscribers, in millions, 2024 – Country rankings (top 10)
Sources:
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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