Half of adult cell phone owners have apps on their phones

Part II. Apps are only part of Americans’ preference for mobile devices

Apps downloading in the context of popular mobile activities

While apps downloading on mobile devices is growing, it is lower than might be expected given the high percentage of cell phone owners using their phones for various activities and tasks.  Many of these activities actually require “apps,” which may come preloaded on the phone.  Still, given how many cell owners use their phones to access the internet, send and receive email, play games, listen to music, etc., one might expect the percent who download apps to be higher than it is. 

Figure 6: App downloading in the context of popular cell phone activities

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