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Nearly half of American adults are smartphone owners

on March 4th, 2012 at 8:00 am

Presented by the Pew Research Center

Pew Internet & American Life Project

The number of Amer­icans who are smart­phone owners now stands at 46%, an 11-point increase since last May. Smart­phone owners now outnumber the 41% of adults who own a cell­phone that is not a smartphone.

As smart­phone ownership has grown over the last year, there has been a corre­sponding shift in the specific types of phones that Amer­icans report owning:

  • Android devices are used by 20% of cell owners, up from 15% in May 2011
  • iPhones are used by 19% of cell owners, up from 10% in May 2011
  • Black­berries are used by 6% of cell owners, down from 10% in May 2011

Read the full report, including details on smart­phone ownership across demo­graphic groups.

Pew Research Center

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press is an inde­pendent, non-partisan public opinion research orga­ni­zation that studies atti­tudes toward politics, the press and public policy issues. In this role it serves as a valuable infor­mation resource for political leaders, jour­nalists, scholars and citizens.

The Center conducts regular monthly polls on politics and major policy issues as well as the News Interest Index, a weekly survey aimed at gauging the public’s interest in and reaction to major news events. Shorter commen­taries are produced on a regular basis addressing the issues of the day from a public opinion perspective. In addition, the Center peri­od­i­cally fields major surveys on the news media, social issues and inter­na­tional affairs.

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