Ievads. Do smartphones make you smarter?
Smartphones have forever changed the way we live, communicate, work, and stay entertained. For many, these mobile devices have replaced landline phones, cameras, music players, and so much more. But how did smartphones become smart?
Below, you’ll find a historical smartphone timeline: How we went from call-only to the catch-all device we know and rely on today.
2. 2. Statistics
The global number of smartphone users in was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 1.7 billion users (+37.98 percent). After the fifteenth consecutive increasing year, the smartphone user base is estimated to reach 6.2 billion users and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the number of smartphone users of was continuously increasing over the past years.
Smartphone users here are limited to internet users of any age using a smartphone. The shown figures have been derived from survey data that has been processed to estimate missing demographics.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).