This chart shows the percentage of cell phone users in the United States who used their phones to get real-time information in 2012.* During the survey period, 39 percent of all U.S. smartphone users used their mobile phone to look up sports scores whereas only 5 percent of other cell phone owners did so.
Share of U.S. cell phone owners who have performed these real-time activities in the last 30 days as of April 2012
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* Percentage of cell owners in each group who have performed these real-time activities in the previous 30 days N=1,954 for cell owners; N=904 for smartphone owners; N=1,050 for other cell phone owners. Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish and on landline and cells.
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Pew Research Center. (May 7, 2012). Share of U.S. cell phone owners who have performed these real-time activities in the last 30 days as of April 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/225318/share-of-cell-phone-owners-gathering-real-time-information/
Pew Research Center. "Share of U.S. cell phone owners who have performed these real-time activities in the last 30 days as of April 2012." Chart. May 7, 2012. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225318/share-of-cell-phone-owners-gathering-real-time-information/
Pew Research Center. (2012). Share of U.S. cell phone owners who have performed these real-time activities in the last 30 days as of April 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225318/share-of-cell-phone-owners-gathering-real-time-information/
Pew Research Center. "Share of U.S. Cell Phone Owners Who Have Performed These Real-time Activities in The Last 30 Days as of April 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 May 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225318/share-of-cell-phone-owners-gathering-real-time-information/
Pew Research Center, Share of U.S. cell phone owners who have performed these real-time activities in the last 30 days as of April 2012 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225318/share-of-cell-phone-owners-gathering-real-time-information/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of U.S. cell phone owners who have performed these real-time activities in the last 30 days as of April 2012 [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 7, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/225318/share-of-cell-phone-owners-gathering-real-time-information/
