Know your phone: 8 peculiar cell phone and smartphone facts you probably were not aware of

posted by Nick T. / Apr 01, 2014, 6:00 AM

Know your phone: 8 peculiar cell phone and smartphone facts you probably were not aware of

So, you think you're an expert on smartphones, eh? Think you're a cellular guru and that you know every bit of peculiar information there is to know about them? Then prove it! We've put together a bunch little-known cell phone facts, and we'd bet that you weren't aware of most of them. How many of these you knew were true? Let us know down in the comments!

UPDATE: Hope you liked our April Fools joke, guys! For those who didn't figure this out already, the statements below are all made up.

8 Peculiar cell phone and smartphone facts

Everybody seems to have one

Emergency charging

Calls in a low-signal area

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8 Peculiar cell phone and smartphone facts

Modern smartphones are built of hundreds of precisely selected components, all of which are fine-tuned for compatibility, allowing them to work in perfect unison. It is estimated that in every handset there should be enough parts to make two fully functional cellular mobile phones.

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39 Comments

1. MobileGuru

Posts: 82; Member since: Jan 18, 2014

7. Foxconn workers probably did that.

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:07 AM 30

4. brrunopt

Posts: 742; Member since: Aug 15, 2013

+100000000

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:11 AM 2

11. tech2

Posts: 3487; Member since: Oct 26, 2012

2. World population 14.2 billion now own a smartphone .... .....more than 530 countries Way to keep it subtle, PA -.-

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:30 AM 10

14. Sniggly

Posts: 7305; Member since: Dec 05, 2009

Even with clues like that, I guarantee that there will be frackwits who still believe these "facts."

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:44 AM 6

37. tadaa

Posts: 267; Member since: Apr 18, 2013

well i'm a frackwit. i shook my phone for 45 seconds :D

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 2:39 PM 1

19. Ashoaib

Posts: 3269; Member since: Nov 15, 2013

14.20 billion is hell of a population

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 7:29 AM 4

23. Aploine

Posts: 444; Member since: Oct 24, 2013

Or the population of hell...

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 8:01 AM 4

24. Aploine

That has been measured...

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 8:02 AM 1

30. Ashoaib

Yup! Under estimated lolz...

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 10:06 AM 0

35. SuperMaoriBro

Posts: 533; Member since: Jun 23, 2012

Especially when the world population as at 26 march 2014 was estimated at 7.15billion... April fools everyone :/

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 2:07 PM 0

2. Duketytz

Posts: 534; Member since: Nov 28, 2013

Nice one PA for this April Fool's Joke! Thought it was real for a moment

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:10 AM 10

7. TylerGrunter

Posts: 1544; Member since: Feb 16, 2012

I must admit I had to wait till I read the second one.

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:18 AM 4

3. ara.armagedon unregistered

Oh its April! now I know why...

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:10 AM 0

5. kanagadeepan

Posts: 1219; Member since: Jan 24, 2012

Please Stop trolling PA... We all know its April 1st now...

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:12 AM 3

6. MrOCD unregistered

Wow I actually believed every bit of that until I looked at the comments and then realized that #8 was clearly photoshopped. -_-

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:15 AM 7

8. sallmin

Posts: 2; Member since: Apr 01, 2014

nr.2 14.2 billion people own a cellphone :P

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:20 AM 0

9. johnbg92

Posts: 5; Member since: Feb 06, 2011

"It is estimated that over 14.2 billion people worldwide now own a smartphone". The second half of those clearly must be living on a different planet...

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:21 AM 1

10. johnbg92

phones in the great depression picture... lol

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:25 AM 2

12. StraightEdgeNexus

Posts: 3689; Member since: Feb 14, 2014

SEN iFacePalm

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:31 AM 0

13. Sniggly

Huh. I always suspected number 7 to be true. Now I know that it is, due to this totally factual article that is not trying to fool us in any way whatsoever on this first day of April.

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:34 AM 1

15. Killua

Posts: 270; Member since: Nov 25, 2013

The emergency charging is pretty funny. You can exercise while doing that too, so it's a win-win. Just don't do that near your crotch.

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:45 AM 3

20. Neo_Huang

Posts: 1067; Member since: Dec 06, 2013

That actually worked for me one time. I was playing tennis while listening to music and my battery charged 5%. (Or maybe it was a glitch)

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 7:54 AM 0

16. duartix

Posts: 311; Member since: Apr 01, 2014

LOL. Keep them coming!

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 6:57 AM 0

17. itsdeepak4u2000

Posts: 3718; Member since: Nov 03, 2012

PA is trolling...... :P Ban PA, I'm reporting you... :P

posted on Apr 01, 2014, 7:03 AM 0

18. pwnarena

Posts: 1129; Member since: Feb 15, 2013

i had to log in to argue that 14B+ cell phone owners until i realized what day today is. charging by shaking? haha ... it may not really be impossible in the future.