![]() Susannah Streeter: There is plenty to delve into there. And there’s plenty to untangle there, you know, from the environmental risks of the devices themselves, all the way down to the social and governance risks that go along with using them. So, Laura, you’ll be looking at the social responsibility issues around mobiles and apps. ![]() And we’ll also be chatting to Laura Hoy, an ESG Analyst at HL, that’s environmental, social and governance. A couple of phone manufacturers and an app-first business from me today. Sarah Coles: Yes, we’ll be talking to Sophie Lund-Yates, our Lead Equity Analyst, about a handful of companies, all of which owe a great deal to the mobile phone. ![]() So, we’re devoting this episode to these phones, everything we do with them, and what we can expect in the future, in an episode we’re calling ‘Upwardly Mobile’. But since they’ve become essentials of modern life. Of course, at that stage, smart phones really were in their infancy, Sarah, when you got your first phone, of course. Susannah Streeter: I remember the first phone I had. I actually only got my phone in 1998 and, even then, I’m not sure I could even play Snake on it. I have to admit, I was a very late adopter. What most of us will remember is when they really started spreading in the UK in the 1990s. It was actually between employees at two telecoms companies, testing the idea, so I suppose it’s a very generous definition of the first mobile call. ![]() Susannah Streeter: Well, with difficulty. Sarah Coles: So how did they manage to make a call then? So, of course, they weren’t widely used until much later. If that has come as a surprise to you, it’s probably because mobile phones weren’t actually on sale until ten years later when they cost thousands of dollars. So Sarah, we’re celebrating an unexpected milestone in this episode of the podcast, the 50th anniversary of the mobile phone call, which was in April. And, as usual, I’m with Sarah Coles, our Head of Personal Finance. I’m Susannah Streeter, I’m Head of Money and Markets here at Hargreaves Lansdown. Susannah Streeter: Hello and welcome to Switch Your Money On from Hargreaves Lansdown.
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