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Nearly Half of American Adults Are Smartphone Owners

Posted by samzenpus on from the gentlemen-start-your-apps dept.

First time accepted submitter saiful76 writes "Nearly half (46%) of American adults are smartphone owners as of February 2012, an increase of 11 percentage points over the 35% of Americans who owned a smartphone last May. Two in five adults (41%) own a cell phone that is not a smartphone, meaning that smartphone owners are now more prevalent within the overall population than owners of more basic mobile phones."

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  1. Good god! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's worse than we ever suspected...
    My friends, my family.. Every one of them could potentially be a smartphone owner.
    I could be a smartphone owner myself and not even know it!

  2. And 10% have no cellphone at all. by ClioCJS · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yay, us.

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  3. On the Other Hand by rueger · · Score: 4, Funny

    A significant number of those people aren't as smart as their phones...

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  4. And the other half... by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...has a Windows phone :-)

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  5. Sucking my thumbs.. by RulerOf · · Score: 3, Funny

    And, for the record, I happen to be an outspoken anti-smartphone guy, likening them to Linus' security blanket. Might as well be suckin' your widdle thumbs, too.

    God damn it... I went to answer a call and I just got slobber all over my iPhone again.

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  6. Re:Only 10% by Jeremi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of that 46% know how to use their smart phone to it's full potential. Most of them just have them because it is the "in thing" to own.

    ... and if you think that's shocking, just wait until you hear what percentage of computer owners have yet to write their first computer program. Or what percentage of car owners haven't entered a single road rally.

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  7. Re:Are smartphones making us dumb? by icebike · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is this "pager" thing of which you speak? And why do I have to remember it?

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  8. Re:Are smartphones making us dumb? by davidwr · · Score: 3, Funny

    I didn't know Raymond Babbitt was Asian.

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