This statistic shows the share of consumers in the United States owning a basic cell phone or a smartphone in 2017 according to a Statista survey. Overall, 87 percent of respondents said that they owned a smartphone.
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Statista Survey. (April 3, 2017). What kind of cell phone do you have? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/713918/share-of-us-consumers-owning-a-basic-cell-phone-or-a-smartphone/
Statista Survey. "What kind of cell phone do you have?." Chart. April 3, 2017. Statista. Accessed September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/713918/share-of-us-consumers-owning-a-basic-cell-phone-or-a-smartphone/
Statista Survey. (2017). What kind of cell phone do you have?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/713918/share-of-us-consumers-owning-a-basic-cell-phone-or-a-smartphone/
Statista Survey. "What Kind of Cell Phone Do You Have?." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/713918/share-of-us-consumers-owning-a-basic-cell-phone-or-a-smartphone/
Statista Survey, What kind of cell phone do you have? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/713918/share-of-us-consumers-owning-a-basic-cell-phone-or-a-smartphone/ (last visited September 20, 2024)
What kind of cell phone do you have? [Graph], Statista Survey, April 3, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/713918/share-of-us-consumers-owning-a-basic-cell-phone-or-a-smartphone/