17% of the US uses only a smartphone to get online [qz.com]
Mobile Technology and Home Broadband 2019 [www.pewinternet.org]
What's the Impact of Internet Users Ditching Desktops for Mobile? [tech.co]
Pew: 26% of US adults who earn under $30K/year are 'smartphone only' internet users [boingboing.net]
Home Internet Is Becoming a Luxury for the Wealthy [onezero.medium.com]
Having a high-speed internet connection at home may seem ubiquitous, but 27% of Americans do not have home broadband
— Monica Anderson (@MonicaRAnders) June 13, 2019
And there remain large gaps in broadband adoption by race, education, income & community type #digitaldivide https://t.co/hFYtadnDNv pic.twitter.com/8tSamZ9AYT
% of non-broadband users who say the following are a reason they do not have broadband in 2019:
— Pew Research Internet (@pewinternet) June 13, 2019
?Monthly cost is too expensive 50%
?Smartphone does everything 45%
?️ Have other options for internet access 43%https://t.co/GGLtzFWiOh pic.twitter.com/84EziqR2bj
23% of non-broadband users say the most important reason for them not having a broadband connection at home is because their smartphones let them do everything they need to do online - up from 12% in 2015 https://t.co/GGLtzFWiOh pic.twitter.com/XTNaeAvO6k
— Pew Research Internet (@pewinternet) June 14, 2019
80% of non-broadband users are not interested in subscribing to home broadband services in the future https://t.co/GGLtzFWiOh pic.twitter.com/7xLrsNNHTO
— Pew Research Internet (@pewinternet) June 13, 2019
% of non-broadband users who say the following are a reason they do not have broadband:
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) June 14, 2019
?Monthly cost is too expensive 50%
?Smartphone does everything 45%
?️ Have other options for internet access 43%https://t.co/ojOUBqUI3D pic.twitter.com/19peKuLBNk
Blacks & Hispanics are about twice as likely as whites to be "smartphone only" internet users - meaning they own a smartphone, but don't have a high-speed internet connection at home
— Monica Anderson (@MonicaRAnders) June 13, 2019
White: 12%
Black: 23%
Hispanic: 25%
NEW data from @pewresearch https://t.co/hFYtadFfc5 pic.twitter.com/j5wiaYp2rn
What is your primary method of going online?
— Monica Anderson (@MonicaRAnders) June 13, 2019
New @pewresearch survey shows that younger smartphone owners prefer their phone, while older users are more likely to go online via a computer https://t.co/hFYtadFfc5 pic.twitter.com/AUMZEt1A8S
A plurality of smartphone owners now say they mostly use their phone - and not a computer - to go online https://t.co/GGLtzFWiOh pic.twitter.com/Wunr22DwIT
— Pew Research Internet (@pewinternet) June 13, 2019
While smartphones have become a necessity, home broadband is becoming a luxury that low-income Americans can't afford. Good context by @davegershgorn via @pewinternet: https://t.co/rX5kBAy5Rd
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) June 14, 2019
The march towards mobile might be more of a stampede: In less than a decade, the % of U.S. adults who say they own a smartphone has risen from 35% in 2011 to 81% today https://t.co/jQAh04DzLL @pewresearch pic.twitter.com/Sowd5bcpXl
— Monica Anderson (@MonicaRAnders) June 13, 2019
45% of non-broadband users now cite their smartphone as a reason for not subscribing to high-speed internet service https://t.co/GGLtzFWiOh pic.twitter.com/7HwYZzDX52
— Pew Research Internet (@pewinternet) June 13, 2019
For more and more Americans, a smartphone is the only internet connection they need https://t.co/qLR9nP1rYV
— Quartz (@qz) June 13, 2019
For more and more Americans, a smartphone is the only internet connection they need https://t.co/7hM6TP6wRA via @qz
— Shawnee Cohn (@ShawneeCohn) June 13, 2019
Having a high-speed internet connection at home may seem ubiquitous, but 27% of Americans do not have home broadband
— Monica Anderson (@MonicaRAnders) June 13, 2019
And there remain large gaps in broadband adoption by race, education, income & community type #digitaldivide https://t.co/hFYtadnDNv pic.twitter.com/8tSamZ9AYT
I have a lot of respect for Pew, but the framing (& some of the data) in this report is so frustratingly off-base, it risks seriously mischaracterizing the mobile #DigitalDivide. Thread. (1/13) https://t.co/B1Ar91IuKZ
— Dana Floberg (@dana_flo) June 14, 2019
% of American adults who say they mostly access the internet through a smartphone has roughly doubled since 2013
— Monica Anderson (@MonicaRAnders) June 14, 2019
2019: 37%
2013: 19%https://t.co/hFYtadFfc5 pic.twitter.com/OOcIO474x1
Tadaa! Mobile use has overtaken desktop use for getting news online AND going online generally
— Elisa Shearer (@ElisaShearer) June 13, 2019
Data: https://t.co/BU5QHX9KOohttps://t.co/slHqIjpE1F pic.twitter.com/8fbXdIMo4y
Blacks & Hispanics are about twice as likely as whites to be "smartphone only" internet users - meaning they own a smartphone, but don't have a high-speed internet connection at home
— Monica Anderson (@MonicaRAnders) June 13, 2019
White: 12%
Black: 23%
Hispanic: 25%
NEW data from @pewresearch https://t.co/hFYtadFfc5 pic.twitter.com/j5wiaYp2rn
The march towards mobile might be more of a stampede: In less than a decade, the % of U.S. adults who say they own a smartphone has risen from 35% in 2011 to 81% today https://t.co/jQAh04DzLL @pewresearch pic.twitter.com/Sowd5bcpXl
— Monica Anderson (@MonicaRAnders) June 13, 2019
The shifting reasons why Americans don't subscribe to home #broadband - NEW from @pewresearch https://t.co/hFYtadnDNv pic.twitter.com/LAceTai7K6
— Monica Anderson (@MonicaRAnders) June 14, 2019
37% of Americans now go online mostly using a smartphone, and these devices are increasingly cited as a reason for not having a high-speed internet connection at home https://t.co/ojOUBqUI3D pic.twitter.com/cOzFYy8Zix
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) June 13, 2019
17% of Americans are “smartphone only” internet users https://t.co/ojOUBqUI3D pic.twitter.com/z2QgQpIV8W
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) June 13, 2019
While smartphones have become a necessity, home broadband is becoming a luxury that low-income Americans can't afford. Good context by @davegershgorn via @pewinternet: https://t.co/rX5kBAy5Rd
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) June 14, 2019
Just like in 'Developing' countries: "Home Internet Is Becoming a Luxury for the Wealthy by @davegershgorn". https://t.co/Xr2Jt9F4oX
— Michael Parekh (@MParekh) June 14, 2019
A trend emerging from the new @pewresearch report:
— Dave Gershgorn (@davegershgorn) June 13, 2019
Home internet is increasingly becoming a luxury for the wealthyhttps://t.co/oABXTcXjKA
Many ‘experts’ 10 years ago would simply have not believed these figures: a large proportion of people using phones for internet access, and many not using fixed broadband. These figures in fact are far higher in Asiahttps://t.co/fwDwXxqbL6 pic.twitter.com/JgcyiOO4ZD
— Ross Dawson (@rossdawson) June 14, 2019
Turns out this actually is the "Post-PC era."
— The Nash is coming from inside the house (@Nash076) June 15, 2019
Just not the kind shareholders can expect returns on. https://t.co/6jz9vlLBOQ