The United States doesn't even fall into the top 10, finishing at No. 13 with just 56.4% penetration, according to Google's Our Mobile Planet report from Q1 of 2013.
in June 2013 that mobile phone penetration rose another 2 percentage points in Brazil last year, reaching 84% of the country’s population.
For the first time since the Pew Research Center starting tracking smartphone ownership, more than half of American adults now own one. Fully 91 percent of adults own a cellphone of some kind, and 55 percent of those say their phone is a smartphone.
NPD released a study that found 32% of all smartphone purchases came from prepaid devices during the first quarter. During the same period in 2012, that figure stood at 21 percent.
Smartphones and fast mobile Internet access have transformed nearly all facets of life, but travel has seen some of the most dramatic changes.
Mobile commerce climbed 31% in the first quarter from a year ago, fueled by growing tablet use and improved customer service, M-commerce now accounts for 17.4% of total online retail sales, up from 13.3% in the year-earlier period. Overall e-commerce spending was up 20% in the quarter.
Eighty percent of affluent consumers own at least one type of mobile device and more than 53 percent own two or more, according to a new study by the American Affluence Research Center.
Mobile users in North America are hanging up and using email, text or social networking at a rapid pace, according to a survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
91% of teens, the study’s findings reveal, are likely to purchase a smartphone for their next device. iOS is holding steadfast to its lead over Android with teens choosing it as the “most desired operating system.” Just 21% of teens are likely to buy an Android device.
The number of United States consumers who own a smartphone, tablet and PC device has grown 160 percent year-over-year, showing the growing appetite from users to devour content across multiple screens, according to a new report from Deloitte.
Just 9 percent of U.S. consumers trust text messages from marketers, while 12 percent trust information on mobile applications, according to a new report by Forrester Research.
It’s official. More people in the world have mobile phones than access to toilets.It’s an incredible fact that comes to us from a new UN report showing that 6 billion people in the world now have cell phones. Just 4.5 billion, however, have access to a traditional toilet or latrine.
The wireless family is on the rise. This infographic shows how families are using technology, including a list to ensure responsible cellphone use for kids.
Companies are spending an average of 25% of their marketing budgets on mobile, according to a study by Gartner.
With more than half of mobile searches resulting in a conversion within one hour, marketers need to be prepared to quickly serve users a full spectrum of information once a search has been made, according to a new study from Google and Nielsen.
85% of consumers prefer mobile applications over mobile websites, explaining native apps offer a more convenient and faster experience that simplifies access to information, according to a new survey conducted by IT firm Compuware.
129.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (55 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in January, up 7 percent since October. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 37.8 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 3.5 percentage points from October).
IDC predicts that vendors will ship 918.6 million smartphones this year, or 50.1 percent of the total mobile phone shipments worldwide. In January, IDC said that vendors shipped 712.6 million smartphones in 2012, out of a total of 1.73 billion handsets, or 41 percent of the total.
App stores run by Apple and Google Inc. now offer more than 700,000 apps each. With so many apps to choose from, consumers are estimated to spend on average about two hours a day with apps. Global revenue from app stores is expected to rise 62% this year to $25 billion, according to Gartner Inc.
Smartphones and tablets are on track to capture nearly one in five online travel dollars by 2014.