Teen cell phone/smartphone ownership in the U.S. in 2012, by household income

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This statistic shows the percentage of teens who reported owning a cell phone or a smartphone. The statistic allows for comparison between cell phone and smartphone ownership by teens within different household income brackets in the U.S. in 2012. The survey showed that only 39 percent of respondents whose household income was less than 30,000 U.S. dollars a year owned a smartphone, while 43 percent of respondents with a household income above 75,000 U.S. dollars a year reported the same.