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Smartphone adoption in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2018
Smartphone adoption in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2018
by S. O'Dea,
last edited
Apr 16, 2019
This statistic shows the smartphone adoption in the United Kingdom (UK) from the first quarter of 2010 to the first half of 2018. In the first half of 2018, 78 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.
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by S. O'Dea,
last edited
Apr 16, 2019
This statistic shows the smartphone adoption in the United Kingdom (UK) from the first quarter of 2010 to the first half of 2018. In the first half of 2018, 78 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.
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- Release date
- August 2018
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- 2011 to 2018**
- Number of respondents
- 3,743*
- Age group
- 16 years and older
- Supplementary notes
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*Number of respondents of 2017 only.
**Data from Q1 of each year 2006-2014, then H1 2015-2018.
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- Region
- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- 2011 to 2018**
- Number of respondents
- 3,743*
- Age group
- 16 years and older
- Supplementary notes
-
*Number of respondents of 2017 only.
**Data from Q1 of each year 2006-2014, then H1 2015-2018.
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