{"id":51832,"date":"2022-04-25T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=51832"},"modified":"2024-08-14T08:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:55:09","slug":"national-telephone-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/national-telephone-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Telephone Day: 10 mind-blowing facts about phones\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you\u2019re the talk-it-out type or you prefer to send your calls straight to voicemail, there\u2019s no denying the massive role the phone plays in our personal and work lives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And there\u2019s no better time to recognize the connecting power of the phone than on National Telephone Day, the anniversary of the date Alexander Graham Bell introduced his \u201celectric speaking machine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-form-widget download-cta-banner \" data-url=\"https:\/\/netstorage.ringcentral.com\/ebook\/10-ways-voice-will-disrupt-the-workplace.pdf\" data-id=\"69e010e55ab3a\" id=\"69e010e55ab3a\" data-form-type=\"cta download banner ENTERPRISE\">\n<div class=\"rc-post-content-cta rc-post-content-cta_download orange\">\n<div class=\"img-rc-cta-download\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"290\" height=\"234\" fill=\"none\" id=\"svg--1026168706\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M213.846 96.959C222.779 130.299 257.048 150.084 290.388 141.15C323.728 132.217 343.513 97.9482 334.579 64.6087C325.646 31.2691 291.377 11.4839 258.038 20.4173L203.159 35.122C200.128 35.9341 198.329 39.0494 199.141 42.0803L213.846 96.959Z\" fill=\"#002855\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M153.092 88.4508C154.825 86.7179 154.825 83.9299 153.092 82.1969L81.1733 10.2785C79.4405 8.54566 76.6392 8.55885 74.9846 10.3437C35.9115 52.6218 35.9115 118.026 74.9846 160.304C76.6394 162.089 79.4535 162.089 81.1733 160.369L153.092 88.4508Z\" fill=\"#0684BC\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M116.67 194.759L102.313 219.626C101.621 220.825 102.029 222.345 103.227 223.037L128.095 237.394C143.024 246.014 162.11 240.9 170.73 225.97C179.349 211.041 174.235 191.954 159.306 183.335C144.376 174.716 125.29 179.83 116.67 194.759Z\" fill=\"#FFCD00\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M184.513 4.20398C184.94 5.7996 183.997 7.43423 182.401 7.86177L134.082 20.8089C132.486 21.2364 130.852 20.2926 130.424 18.697L117.477 -29.6222C117.049 -31.2178 117.993 -32.8524 119.589 -33.2799L167.908 -46.227C169.504 -46.6545 171.138 -45.7109 171.566 -44.1152L184.513 4.20398Z\" fill=\"#F6F5F1\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M195.505 160.14C195.025 160.972 193.966 161.256 193.135 160.776L167.963 146.242C167.131 145.763 166.848 144.703 167.327 143.872L181.861 118.7C182.341 117.869 183.4 117.585 184.231 118.065L209.403 132.598C210.235 133.078 210.518 134.137 210.038 134.968L195.505 160.14Z\" fill=\"#205C40\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"rc-content-cta-download\">\n<div class=\"bottom-cta-copy\">\n<div class=\"title-banner-cta-download\">The New Age of Voice<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-banner-cta-download\">From 5G to conversational AI, here are 10 predictions for the future of voice communications.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"rc-post-content-cta-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t<button tabindex=\"on\" on=\"tap:69e010e55ab3a.toggleClass(class='open')\" class=\"open-modal-download-action rc-button\" type=\"submit\">Get the eBook<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-modal\">\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-body\">\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-content\">\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-title\">Where is voice communications headed? Get the eBook and see our predictions<\/div>\n<form class=\"download-form ENTERPRISE\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"download-form-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"download-form-input\" aria-label=\"Full Name\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" type=\"text\" name=\"fullname\" placeholder=\"Full Name\" data-dl-events-hover=\"true\" data-dl-element=\"text\" data-dl-additional-info=\"enterprise download form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"download-form-input\" aria-label=\"Email (please enter a work email address)\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" type=\"email\" autocomplete=\"on\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email (please enter a work email address)\" data-dl-events-hover=\"true\" data-dl-element=\"email\" data-dl-additional-info=\"enterprise download form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"popup_form\" value=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"Lead_Entry_Source__c\" value=\"RC Blog Enterprise\" class=\"download-form-input\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"download-form-submit\" type=\"submit\" data-dl-element=\"button\" data-no-auto-dl=\"true\" data-dl-additional-info=\"enterprise download form\" data-dl-name=\"Get the eBook\">Get the eBook<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<button on=\"tap:69e010e55ab3a.toggleClass(class='open')\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\"  class=\"download-form-modal-close\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"download-form-modal-thank\">Thank you!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phones have truly changed how we communicate, and even as newer modes of communication become popular, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/how-does-a-virtual-phone-call-work.html\">virtual calls<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/video-call.html\">video calls<\/a>, there\u2019s still nothing like an OG phone call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In honor of National Telephone Day, celebrated every year on April 25<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, here are 10 mind-blowing facts about phones that you\u2019ve probably never heard before.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b><a id=\"first\"><\/a>1. The first phone greeting was actually \u201cAhoy\u201d<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>\u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahoy-hoy, who\u2019s calling please?\u201d Sounds strange, right?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we\u2019re used to answering the phone with the word \u201chello,\u201d that de facto greeting was not how Bell envisioned that people would answer calls. He preferred the phrase <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/saying-ahoy-hoy-was-at-one-time-the-preferred-way-to-answer-the-phone\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cahoy-hoy,\u201d a commonly used nautical greeting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Thomas Edison\u2019s suggested opener \u201chello,\u201d soon prevailed as the norm, legend has it that Bell answered his calls with \u201cahoy-hoy\u201d until the day he died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h3 h2\"><b><a id=\"telephones\"><\/a>2. Telephones weren\u2019t invented by Alexander Graham Bell<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander Graham Bell may be the name that comes to mind when you think of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2002\/jun\/17\/humanities.internationaleducationnews\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inventor of the telephone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But the credit rightly belongs to Antonio Meucci, a Florentine immigrant whose &#8220;teletrofono&#8221;\u2014first demonstrated in New York in 1860\u2014preceded Bell\u2019s invention by nearly 17 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2002, the U.S. Congress voted to recognize Meucci as the actual inventor of the telephone, a decision that was celebrated in Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rc-post-content-cta rc-post-content-cta_green\">\n<div class=\"rc-post-content-cta-columns\">\n<div class=\"bottom-cta-img\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"700\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/URL-App-Launch-Support-hero.gif\" class=\"responsive-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"bottom-cta-copy\">\n<div class=\"headline-copy\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><strong>This feature pulls up a caller&#8217;s LinkedIn profile the moment your phone 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The smartphone was invented by IBM<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple and Android may be the predominant names in smartphones today, but the original name on the smartphone scene was \u201cSimon.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2018\/03\/remembering-first-smartphone-simon-ibm\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released by IBM in 1994<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201413 years before the first iPhone\u2014Simon featured a touch screen and email capabilities, and offered a handful of basic apps such as a calculator and sketch pad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b><a id=\"sms\"><\/a>4. The first SMS text message ever said \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While holiday greetings may be the least unique type of greeting you might send these days, \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d is actually the most original text\u2014literally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When engineer Neil Papworth sent the world\u2019s first SMS message from his computer to a colleague back in 1992, it simply said \u201cMerry Christmas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That life-changing message marks its 30-year anniversary this year, and\u2014in line with our current times\u2014was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10334663\/Worlds-text-message-sells-90-000-Festive-greeting-sent-1992-fetches-fortune.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently sold as an NFT<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b><a id=\"payphone\"><\/a>5. 100,000 payphones still exist in the U.S<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While they may seem more like a plot device in a Superman or rom-com movie than something people actually use now, payphones still exist\u2014you just have to look a little harder than you once did to find a working one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At their peak in the 1990s, there were roughly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2017\/02\/object-lesson-phone-booth\/515385\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.6 million public payphones<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the U.S. Only about 100,000 payphones remain today\u2014one-fifth of which are found in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rc-subscribe\" id=\"new-rc-subscribe\"  style=\"background-image:url('\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/ringcentral\/assets\/images\/temp\/subscribe.png')\">\n\t\t<button class=\"close js-popup-close\"><svg class=\"icon_close_mobile\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon_close_mobile\"><\/use><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"rc-subscribe__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rc-subscribe__wrapper_text\">\n<h3 class=\"rc-subscribe__title h2\">Stay informed with RingCentral<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rc-subscribe__subtitle\">Subscribe to our emails for the latest blogs, events, and exclusive content on AI-powered communication solutions. 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Most Americans don\u2019t answer calls from unknown numbers<\/b><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the growing volume of spam calls have you avoiding picking up your phone altogether, you\u2019re not alone. 80% of Americans say they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2020\/12\/14\/most-americans-dont-answer-cellphone-calls-from-unknown-numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">don\u2019t answer calls from unknown numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of those who say they do pick up, men and younger adults, aged 18 to 29, are most likely to answer calls of unknown origins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b><a id=\"trillion\"><\/a>7. 3.8-trillion hours spent on phones in 2021 worldwide<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it feels like you spend more time on your phone than ever, that\u2019s because it\u2019s true. In 2021, global smartphone users collectively spent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/roberthart\/2022\/01\/12\/record-38-trillion-hours-spent-on-mobile-apps-during-2021-in-another-blockbuster-year-for-digital-economy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a record 3.8-trillion hours on their smartphones<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That\u2019s nearly five hours a day for the average smartphone user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b><a id=\"there\"><\/a>8. 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Today, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/internet\/fact-sheet\/mobile\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">85% of American adults own a smartphone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014up from 35% in 2011.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smartphone proliferation is highest among younger users\u2014more than 95% of Americans aged 18 to 49 have a smartphone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b><a id=\"people\"><\/a>10. 69% of people believe phone calls lead to better personal relationships at work<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this era of hybrid and remote work, phone calls do more than merely allow you to ask a question or exchange information. 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