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SienaPopescu
Mrs.Lucarelli
ComparativeCivilizations
13January2016
EstimatedNumberofSmartphoneUsersPerCountryin2015GoingInto2016
Country
NumberofSmartphoneUsers
China
624.7Million
UnitedStates
198.5Million
Japan
61.2Million
India
204.1Million
Canada
21.7Million
UK
42.4Million
Russia
65.1Million
Brazil
58.5Million
France
37.8Million
Witheverydaythatpasses,itbecomesmoreandmoreapparenthosmartphoneshave
takenovermuchofthepopulationslives.Thewaypeoplecommunicate,forexample,has
changeddramaticallyfacetofaceconversationshavebeenquicklyreplacedwiththefamiliar
talkandtext,aswellasinteractionoversocialmedia.Asofnow,oneineveryfivepeopleowns
asmartphoneworldwide(Heggestuen1).However,itisexpectedthatby2020,fouryearsfrom
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now,seventypercentofthepopulationwillownone(Lunden1).Thisshowshowrapidlythe
smartphonerevolutionisprogressing.
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