This statistic illustrates the answers to the following survey question: ''Why is a tablet or smartphone the main device used to access the internet in your home?'' As of 2018, a little more than half of the respondents indicated that multi-tasking was the reason to use a tablet or smartphone to access the internet in their homes. 28 percent of the respondents, however, mentioned that the speed of accessing the internet was the reason to use their mobile device for accessing the internet.
Why is a tablet or smartphone the main device used to access the internet in your home?
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EY. (January 1, 2018). Why is a tablet or smartphone the main device used to access the internet in your home? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/905211/main-drivers-using-tablet-or-smartphone-for-internet-in-belgium/
EY. "Why is a tablet or smartphone the main device used to access the internet in your home?." Chart. January 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/905211/main-drivers-using-tablet-or-smartphone-for-internet-in-belgium/
EY. (2018). Why is a tablet or smartphone the main device used to access the internet in your home?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/905211/main-drivers-using-tablet-or-smartphone-for-internet-in-belgium/
EY. "Why Is a Tablet or Smartphone The Main Device Used to Access The Internet in Your Home?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/905211/main-drivers-using-tablet-or-smartphone-for-internet-in-belgium/
EY, Why is a tablet or smartphone the main device used to access the internet in your home? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/905211/main-drivers-using-tablet-or-smartphone-for-internet-in-belgium/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Why is a tablet or smartphone the main device used to access the internet in your home? [Graph], EY, January 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/905211/main-drivers-using-tablet-or-smartphone-for-internet-in-belgium/