The document discusses smartphones, including that a smartphone is a cellular phone that can perform computer functions with an operating system capable of running applications. It notes that the top smartphone platforms in 2012 were Android at 72% and iOS at 14%, and in the US in 2013 Android was 48% and iOS was 43%. Additional facts provided include that as of 2014 there were over 1.7 billion smartphone users worldwide, comprising one in five people, and that in the US 56% of adults own smartphones, with highest ownership among 25-34 year olds. The document also lists various uses of smartphones like calling, texting, internet, cameras, and games.
4. What is a Smartphone?
• A cellular phone that is able to
perform many of the functions of a
computer, typically having a
relatively large screen and an
operating system capable of running
general-purpose applications.
5. Smartphone Platform
• A platform is an operating system
that operates a Smartphone.
• Smartphone operating systems are
designed with a user interface for
the small touch screens found in
smart phones.
6. Worldwide Market Share
72%
14%
OS Platform 2012
3% 3%
5%
3%
Android Iphone Blackberry Windows Symbian Other
Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project
7. Smartphone platform choice
in 2013 in the US
Iphone
43%
Blackberry
7%
Android
48%
Windows
2%
Smartphone platform choice in 2013 in the US
Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project
8. Facts about Smartphones
• Worldwide
• 1.7 Billion Smart phone
users in the world
• One In Every 5 People In
The World Own A
Smartphone.
• Smartphone Users
Worldwide Will Total
1.75 Billion in 2014
• USA
• 56% of American adults
are now Smartphone
owners
• 54% of men own a
Smartphone versus 46%
in women.
• 25-34 age group is the
highest in penetration
with 81% ownership
9. The US ranks 13 in smartphone
penetration in 2013
Top 15 countries in Smartphone Penetration
59
57
56.6
56.4
56.4
55.4
64.6
62.9
62.8
62.2
73.8
73
71.7
67.5
72.8
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
United Arab Emirates
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Norway
Australia
Sweden
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
Denmark
Ireland
Israel
Canada
United States
Spain
Source: our mobile planet by Google Inc.
10. What can you do with your
smartphone
Make Calls
Send texts
Chat online
Video conference
Send emails
Browse the web
Take pictures
Shot videos
Edit documents
Play games
Watch movies
Listen to music
And more
11. Cool Use of smartphones
Use Siri to set the alarm.
Use Your + Volume Button as a Shutter on Your
iPhone
View timestamps of your messages
Shake your phone to delete text
Use your phone as a level to hang pictures
Take a burst of photos at once
Use Headphone Cord To Take Photo