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The inventor of the mobile phone has suggested that people who spend too much time on the device should get a life.
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Martin Cooper, a 93-year-old American engineer widely credited as the “father of the cell phone”, was appearing on BBC Breakfast when he suggested people should stop scrolling and “get a life”.
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Cooper led the team at Motorola responsbile for the development of the first ever mobile phone in the 1970s. In 1973, he became the first person in history to make a handheld cellular phone call in public.
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Cooper admitted he doesn\u2019t use the device all that much. He explained during the interview that he probably spends less than 5 per cent of his time on his phone.
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When asked what he would say to those who spend hours on their phone, he was incredulous.
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“You really spend five hours a day?” he asked. “I would say ‘get a life!'”<\/p>\n
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