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== Culture and popularity ==
Mobile phones are considered an important human invention as it has been one of the most widely used and sold pieces of consumer technology.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> They have also become culturally symbolic. In [[Japanese mobile phone culture]] for example, mobile phones are often decorated with charms. They have also become fashion symbols at times.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-10-14 |title=Cell phone users choosing fashion over function |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15255577 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> The [[Motorola Razr V3]] and [[LG Chocolate]] are two examples of devices that were popular for being fashionable while not necessarily focusing on the original purpose of mobile phones, i.e. a device to provide mobile telephony.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pell |first=Edited by Alex |date=2023-07-18 |title=Test Bench: Fashion phones |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/test-bench-fashion-phones-xsjfvc2kshd |access-date=2023-07-18 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
Some have also suggested that mobile phones or smartphones are a [[status symbol]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lasco |first=Gideon |date=2015-10-22 |title=The smartphone as status symbol |url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/89605/the-smartphone-as-status-symbol |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> For example a research paper suggested that owning specifically an [[Apple iPhone]] was seen to be a status symbol.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/mobiles-and-tabs/090718/iphone-ipad-are-status-symbols-research.html}}</ref>
==See also==
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