Smartphone penetration in the U.S. as share of population 2010-2021

This statistic shows the smartphone penetration as share of the population in the United States from 2010 to 2021. In 2018, 69.6 percent of the U.S. population used a smartphone. Smartphone penetration in the U.S. - additional information Almost two-thirds of Americans are predicted to own a smartphone by 2017, more than a threefold increase since 2010. A smartphone is a mobile phone that uses an identifiable open Operating System (OS) and has more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a basic phone. The OS is supported by third party applications (commonly known as apps) written by the developer community. The operating system must be able to support a multitasking environment and user interface that can handle multiple applications at the same time. Two of the most popular operating systems on the market are made by Google (Android) and Apple (iOS) who had a combined stake of over 90 percent of the smartphone market share worldwide at the end of 2016. The popularity of the smartphone has risen immensely since Apple introduced its first iPhone in 2007, with 43.5 percent of all Americans forecast to own an iPhone by 2016. The first iPhone was notably different from other smartphones at the time because it used a large touchscreen for direct finger input, rather than the need for a stylus, keypad, or keyboard. The first smartphone to use the Android OS was the HTC Dream released in 2008. Although numbers of people using this OS were low at first, it has since grown to be the most used operating system, with an estimated 107.7 million Americans projected to own an Android phone by 2016.

本统计数据显示了2010年至2021年间美国智能手机普及率占人口比例的变化情况。2018年，美国人口中智能手机的使用率达到了69.6%。美国智能手机普及率——附加信息：预计到2017年，近三分之二的美国家庭将拥有智能手机，这一比例相较于2010年增长了三倍以上。智能手机是一种使用可识别的开源操作系统（OS）的移动电话，其计算能力和连接性相较于基本手机更为先进。该操作系统由开发者社区编写的第三方应用程序（通常被称为应用）提供支持。操作系统必须能够支持多任务处理环境以及能够同时处理多个应用程序的用户界面。市场上最受欢迎的两种操作系统分别由谷歌（Android）和苹果（iOS）开发，截至2016年底，它们在全球智能手机市场份额中占据了超过90%的份额。自苹果于2007年推出第一代iPhone以来，智能手机的普及率大幅上升，预计到2016年，43.5%的美国成年人将拥有iPhone。第一代iPhone在当时与其他智能手机显著不同，因为它采用了大尺寸触摸屏进行直接手指输入，而无需使用触控笔、键盘或拨号盘。首个使用Android操作系统的智能手机是2008年发布的HTC Dream。尽管最初使用该操作系统的人数不多，但它后来发展成为最广泛使用的操作系统，预计到2016年，将有约107.7百万美国人拥有Android手机。