We all know that mobile phones are pretty popular, but here we give you some staggering facts that reveal just how much they’ve become part of everyday life for most of the Earth’s population.
Industry expert Tomi Ahonen surveys the mobile phone industry constantly and produces an Almanac every year bursting with eye-popping data. The following stats are from his 2011 edition.
There are 5.2billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide.
There are 6.9billion people alive on planet Earth, which means there is a mobile phone subscription for 75 per cent of them.
Over one third of all people who have a mobile phone have two or more mobile accounts.
One in six people have two mobile phones.
A staggering 225million people have three mobile phone accounts.
In 2010 91 per cent of UK residents had a mobile phone, but only 84 per cent was still wearing a wristwatch, according to a Mintel survey.
A Purple Gossip survey found that 75 per cent of the UK population used their phones on the loo.
Marketing company Young and Rubicam believe from their research that at any one time, 10 per cent of mobile phone users are drunk.
We look at our mobile on average every six and a half minutes.
Texting is big – 4.2billion people actively use text messaging, which makes it seven times more popular than Facebook.
Globally, the mobile phone industry turns over more than one trillion dollars.
Over 625million people access the internet only with their mobile phone.
There are 6.9billion people alive on planet Earth, which means there is a mobile phone subscription for 75 per cent of them.
Over one third of all people who have a mobile phone have two or more mobile accounts.
One in six people have two mobile phones.
A staggering 225million people have three mobile phone accounts.
In 2010 91 per cent of UK residents had a mobile phone, but only 84 per cent was still wearing a wristwatch, according to a Mintel survey.
A Purple Gossip survey found that 75 per cent of the UK population used their phones on the loo.
Marketing company Young and Rubicam believe from their research that at any one time, 10 per cent of mobile phone users are drunk.
We look at our mobile on average every six and a half minutes.
Texting is big – 4.2billion people actively use text messaging, which makes it seven times more popular than Facebook.
Globally, the mobile phone industry turns over more than one trillion dollars.
Over 625million people access the internet only with their mobile phone.
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