32 Facts You Didn't Know About SMS
May 27, 2013 10:30 am
If you’re using the text messaging function of your phone almost every day, then you are part of the 3.7 Billions people in the World who are using SMS as a way to contact their friends, family and customers.
The SMS technology is 21-year old and if you think you know everything you need to know about it, think again!
Below are 32 surprising facts about text messaging, enjoy!
Fact #1: 56% of college students received sexually suggestive images via text messaging. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #2: 22% of smartphone users state that they cannot live without texting. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #3: There are 119 mobile phone contracts per 100 Irish inhabitants. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #4: 78% of college students received suggestive messages. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #5: In 2013, global SMS revenue is forecast to break the $150 billion mark for the first time and will continue to grow. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #6: There is an anti-smartphone called John’s Phone which can only make and receive calls. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #7: 75% of people prefer to receive offers over any other form of call to action. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #8: It’s Neil Papworth of Sema Group who sent the first SMS message over in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1992. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #9: In 2003, the entire United States sent 300 Millions SMS. In 2011, in just one day, american people sent 2 Billions SMS. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #10: 4000: the number of SMS messages a smartphone owner between 18 and 24 year-old receives per month. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #11: “LOL” (Laughing Out Loud) has been added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2011. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #12: A researcher determined that the average sentence contained 160 characters: this is why a SMS has a 160-character limit. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #13: The Telecom Industry earns an astonishing 114.6$ Billion a year thanks to text messaging. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #14: 77% of adults state that they are able to text and drive. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #15: The first SMS sent was “MERRY CHRISTMAS”. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #16: The record of the fastest text message on a touchscreen phone is 25.94 seconds. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #17: 17% of college students who have received a “sext” have forwarded it to other mates. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #18: Ireland is among the highest-ranking countries when it comes to texting, sending 2,700 messages per inhabitant in 2009. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #19: The inventor of SMS didn’t patent his invention because he didn’t think it was “a patentable innovation”. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #20: Initially, text messaging was built for companies who wanted to send internal messages, but it didn’t work. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #21: Studies show that texting while driving slows reaction time to that of a 70-year old. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #22: The weight of 160-character text message is 140 bytes. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #23: 24% of under 25-year old people think texting is acceptable while using the bathroom. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #24: It is legal to divorce by sending a text to your partner in Malaysia. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #25: Every year, 200’000 car crashes occur because of text messaging. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #26: You are 23 times more likely to have a car accident if you are texting. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #27: Twitter was inspired by SMS. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #28: Text messaging is the last resort for crisis communications: they don’t rely on voice channels for transmission. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #29: There are 3.7 Billions SMS Users in the World. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #30: In 2001, the United Kingdom organised a Text Poetry Competition. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #31: The Old Nokia Text Message Tone is the morse code for “SMS”. – Tweet This! – (source)
Fact #32: 10% of under 25-year old people think texting is acceptable while having sex. – Tweet This! – (source)
Did any of these SMS statistics surprise you ? Do you have other facts about text messaging that you would like to share with us ?
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