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The statistic shows the share of the population in the United States that uses a smartphone in the United States from 2018 to 2025. In 2025, percent of the population in the United States is forecast to use a smartphone.

Smartphone user penetration - additional information

A smartphone can be defined as a mobile device that uses an identifiable operating system and has a more advanced technological capability than a basic mobile phone. The number of U.S mobile users who have a smartphone is set to more than triple between 2011 and 2017 to almost ** percent of all mobile users. This means that the number of overall smartphone users is forecast to top *by 2017.

The smartphone penetration rate of mobile users is similarly high in the United Kingdom, with over ** percent expected to own a smart device by 2017. However the smartphone market is set to grow at a slower rate in China with just under half of mobile users forecast to own a smartphone in 2017. The percentage is even lower in India where ** percent of mobile phone users are predicted to use a smartphone by 2017.

Android phones and iPhones remain the most popular choice for smartphones with the two respective Operating Systems holding ** percent of the market sales in the U.S. in 2013. This trend looks set to continue with two new competing smartphones on the market, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (Android) and the iPhone 6 (iOS), both unveiled in 2014.