This statistic shows a breakdown of mobile phone owners aged 16 and over in 2012, sorted by the country where they lived and the type of mobile device they owned. In China, the share of mobile phone owners using smartphones stood at 66 percent. 25 percent of Chinese mobile devices users owned feature phones.
Share of cell phone owners aged 16 and over in 2012, by type of phone and country
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Smartphone
Feature phone
Multimedia phone
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Australia, n = 1,682 mobile users in February 2012
Brazil, n = 1,603 mobile users in April-May 2012
China, n = 2,477 mobile users in February 2012
India, n = 3,067 mobile users in March-April 2012
Italy, n = 1,632 mobile users in March 2012
South Korea, n = 1,765 mobile users in February 2012
Russia, n = 1,645 mobile users in March-April 2012
Turkey, n = 776 smartphone users in April-May 2012
United Kingdom, n = 1,607 mobile users in March 2012
United States, n = 76,204 mobile users in April-June 2012
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Nielsen. (February 28, 2013). Share of cell phone owners aged 16 and over in 2012, by type of phone and country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/262749/share-of-mobile-users-by-country-and-type-of-phone/
Nielsen. "Share of cell phone owners aged 16 and over in 2012, by type of phone and country." Chart. February 28, 2013. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262749/share-of-mobile-users-by-country-and-type-of-phone/
Nielsen. (2013). Share of cell phone owners aged 16 and over in 2012, by type of phone and country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262749/share-of-mobile-users-by-country-and-type-of-phone/
Nielsen. "Share of Cell Phone Owners Aged 16 and over in 2012, by Type of Phone and Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/262749/share-of-mobile-users-by-country-and-type-of-phone/
Nielsen, Share of cell phone owners aged 16 and over in 2012, by type of phone and country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/262749/share-of-mobile-users-by-country-and-type-of-phone/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of cell phone owners aged 16 and over in 2012, by type of phone and country [Graph], Nielsen, February 28, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/262749/share-of-mobile-users-by-country-and-type-of-phone/
