What were phones like in 2012?
Here are the 10 most popular phones in our database for 2012
- Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III.
- Sony Xperia S.
- HTC One X.
- Nokia 808 PureView.
- Apple iPhone 5.
- Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100.
- Samsung Galaxy Y Duos S6102.
- Sony Xperia U.
Who sold the most phones in 2012?
Samsung
Samsung came out on top in smartphone and overall mobile sales, while Apple came in firm second in smartphones. In 2012, Samsung sold 384.6 million mobile phones total, with 53.5 percent of those being smartphones. Apple sold 130 million smartphone sales worldwide. Surprisingly enough, China’s Huawei took third place.
When did smartphones become widely used?
2007
The term “smartphone” became commonplace as smartphones themselves became more affordable and accessible throughout the 2000s. Many consider the arrival of the first Apple iPhone in 2007 as the first fully realized smartphone.
How many people use smartphones in 2018?
For 2020, the number of smartphone users in the United States is estimated to reach 294.15 million. Advances in telecommunication technology have been significant in recent years….Number of smartphone users in the United States from 2018 to 2025 (in millions)*
| Characteristic | Smartphone users in millions |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 274.1 |
How many people used phones in 2001?
86.1 million
Number of Cell Phones in the US
| Bibliographic Entry | Result (w/surrounding text) | Standardized Result |
|---|---|---|
| “Worldwide use of Cellular Telephones, 1999.” World Almanac and Book of Facts. 2001: 571. | “US 86.1 million. of subscribers, 32% of population.” | 86.1 million |
How common were cell phones in 2002?
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| Cellphone | |
|---|---|
| 10/27/2002 | 62% |
| 11/30/2004 | 65% |
| 2/9/2005 | 66% |
| 12/31/2005 | 67% |
How many people use smartphones?
The number of smartphone users in India was estimated to reach over 748 million in 2020, with the number of smartphone users worldwide forecasted to exceed to 1.5 billion users in 2040. The number of smartphone users worldwide is projected to amount to nearly 2.7 billion by 2019.