This survey shows the share of U.S. adult smartphone users who claim to keep their smartphone nearby almost all the time during their waking hours. In 2015, 81 percent of respondents reported that, yes, they kept their phone near them almost all the time during waking hours.
Do you keep your smartphone near you almost all the time during your waking hours?
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Gallup. (July 9, 2015). Do you keep your smartphone near you almost all the time during your waking hours? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/478737/smartphone-use-proximity-us/
Gallup. "Do you keep your smartphone near you almost all the time during your waking hours?." Chart. July 9, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478737/smartphone-use-proximity-us/
Gallup. (2015). Do you keep your smartphone near you almost all the time during your waking hours?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478737/smartphone-use-proximity-us/
Gallup. "Do You Keep Your Smartphone near You Almost All The Time during Your Waking Hours?." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/478737/smartphone-use-proximity-us/
Gallup, Do you keep your smartphone near you almost all the time during your waking hours? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/478737/smartphone-use-proximity-us/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Do you keep your smartphone near you almost all the time during your waking hours? [Graph], Gallup, July 9, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/478737/smartphone-use-proximity-us/
