10% of Americans own a smartphone but do not have broadband at home, and 15% own a smartphone but say that they have a limited number of options for going online other than their cell phone. Those with relatively low income and educational attainment levels, younger adults, and non-whites are especially likely to be “smartphone-dependent.”
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Statistics from:
American Library Association Digital Inclusion Survey 2014-2015.
Pew Research Center, April, 2015, "The Smartphone Difference”