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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. 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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