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Friday, August 24

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A Look at Smartphone Users

By Brad

The Online Publishers Association has released a new study, “A Portrait of Today’s Smartphone User,” that examines just how mobile our world now is. Some highlights:

• Smartphone adoption is growing at a brisk pace, with penetration expected to reach close to 60% in the next two years.

• More time is spent on the Internet via smartphones than apps.

• Still, smartphone users averaged 36 apps downloaded last year.

• 68% of smartphone owners claim they can’t live without their phone.

The full report (PDF) is interesting — or, if you’re annoyed by people around you constantly staring at their phones, troubling. Check it out.

Tags: mobile broadband, smartphones, apps

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