About This Statistic
This statistic shows the smartphone adoption in the United Kingdom (UK) from the first quarter of 2010 to the first half of 2017. In the first quarter of 2013, 51 percent of the UK population used a smartphone. Larger screens, optimized browser software, 3G connections, and the ability to run applications which connect to the internet are features which facilitate accessing the internet on a mobile device and may have encouraged smartphone take-up.
