Everything you didn't already know about your smartphone

Everything you didn't know about your smartphone - Until recently a cell phone was just for making and taking calls and sending texts. But nowadays these devices can do so much more. They are essentially pocket-sized computers.
Smartphones have changed the world in their short life. But do you know all you need to know about them? Check out the gallery and learn more about your smartphone!

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The first - Did you know that in 1994 IBM launched the world's first smartphone? It had a touch screen, could send e-mail and even hold apps. But it wasn't a huge success and ended up being forgotten about. It was called the IBM Simon.

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Dangers - Addiction expert Mandy Saligari told The Independent that giving a child a smartphone is like giving them a gram of cocaine.

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Cost of charging - According to zdnet.com, charging a smartphone costs less than a dollar per year.

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Radio on your smartphone - Most smartphones can receive FM radio signals. But some manufacturers believe that consumer demand is so low that the chips for this function are deactivated.

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Who sells most phones in Africa? - The answer isn't Apple or Samsung, but a Chinese company called Transsion Holdings, according to Fox Business. How did they manage to get such a foothold in the market? Part of the reason is they developed a camera which takes selfies which better highlights darker skin tones.

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Gold on your phone - According to former European Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potocnik, we're wasting a lot of gold with our phones. Potocnik said that you could get one gram of gold from around 41 smartphones, in a report from the BBC in 2014.

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Battery - Does your smartphone's battery not last very long? It's normal. An old Nokia 3310 could last three to four times longer than any smartphone currently available.

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Funding - According to the Association of American Universities, smartphones could be far more expensive if most of their components like the touch screen or battery weren't developed through programs financed by the United States government.

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Predicting - Nikola Tesla predicted the smartphone in 1926, as this shows article shows.

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Best temperature? - Apple suggests that your iPhone be kept at temperatures no lower than 0ºC, as the battery can drain faster.

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Jeans and smartphones - Many jeans companies have started making pockets bigger to accommodate the growing size of smartphones.

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Changes - A study carried out in 2014 by Arko Ghost in partnership with the Institute of Neuroinformatics of the University of Zurich, the way we use our thumbs to work our smartphones is changing how our brains function.

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What kind of power do we have in our pocket? - A modern smartphone has more processing power than all the computers NASA used in 1969.

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Personalized smartphones - Google tried to develop a smartphone which could be modified according to the user's preferences. For example, if you wanted a better camera, theoretically you could buy one and install it easily. But this idea wasn't very well received and was shelved. Maybe one day!

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Tip - If you put your phone in a pint glass, it will work as a natural loudspeaker.

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Apps - Can't remember the last time you downloaded an app? Don't worry, according to Comscore, 65% of users don't really bother with additional apps after buying their phone.

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Smartphone zombie - This is the name given to pedestrians who walk slowly without being aware of what's going on around them, solely focusing on their phones. There are actually streets around the world where it's prohibited to walk around with a smartphone in hand.

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Alarm - When was the last time you used an actual clock as an alarm? Exactly. You can't remember, can you? It's believed around 60% of smartphone users use their device as an alarm.

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Smartphone everywhere - According to a study carried out by Harris Interactive, around 20% of young Americans have admitted to using a smartphone while having sex.

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Beginning again - When the first iPhone was released in 2007 by Steve Jobs, Google had already been secretly developing a smartphone for two years. After Apple's announcement, Google started from scratch.

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Avoiding accidents - The city of Augsburg, Germany, installed ground-level traffic lights so that smartphone zombies will pay attention to the lights.

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Two-year rise - A study conducted in 2013 through the Locket app shows that on average people look at their phone 110 times a day.

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Avoiding others - According to a study carried out by the Pew Research Center in 2014, around 47% of millennials have used their phone to ignore somebody around them.

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Phone lane - In the Chinese city of Chongqing, there is a lane especially for people who want to walk around looking at their phone.

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How often do you look at your smartphone? - The average person looks at their phone 35 times, according to the 2011 study Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.

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Incredible sales - In 2012 Apple sold more than 340,000 iPhones per day. In other words, 4 iPhones every second!

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Photos - Studies show that on average a regular smartphone user takes around 150 photos per month.

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Most-used app - The most popular app with smartphone users is the Facebook app.

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