Find out how smartphone ownership has reached 4.3 billion people worldwide. Dive into the GSMA's Mobile Internet Connectivity 2023 Report.

4.3 Billion People Now Own Smartphones::Find out how smartphone ownership has reached 4.3 billion people worldwide. Dive into the GSMA’s Mobile Internet Connectivity 2023 Report.

    • ram@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
      201·
      1 year ago

      Smartphones are at a level of ubiquety in many societies where depending on where you live, even the poorest of individuals will have one. It’s not uncommon at all to see homeless people around starbucks getting free wifi to connect online with whatever smartphone they have. It’s really dependent on where you live whether a smartphone is at all correlated with wealth.

      • Balder@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        All societies changed because of computers and smartphones. Lots of people forget that especially for poor people smartphones brought so much benefits that were not accessible before, such as online banking (not needing to go to a bank branch), being in touch with family even when moving away for work, much more access to information (despite the low barrier of disinformation nowadays), online courses, healthcare tips etc.

      • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        But but but the Boomers told me things about having a smartphone and drinking coffee that means you MUST not be poor.

    • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      How many of them are well fed kids who don’t need a smartphone yet?