Poll: Smartphones are winning the internet

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Nearly 8 out of 10 smartphone users in the US use their phones to access the internet at home more than or as much as a computer, according to an Axios/SurveyMonkey poll. It's a sign of how much people's online habits have evolved, as smartphones and smart TVs are becoming the primary gateway to internet at home compared to desktops and tablets. More than twice as many people said they use smartphones more often than computers to connect with the internet, compared to those who use computers more often. Other findings:

  • The overwhelming majority (80%) of those who use their smartphones more often say they do so because it is more convenient, compared to just 4% that say they do so because it's cheaper or 12% that say they do so because they don't have access to a computer.
  • More than 7 out of 10 say they can do all or most of what they want to do online on a smartphone.
  • About one-quarter (24%) of respondents who do not have broadband at home (which represents about 13% of U.S. households) say the primary reason they do not use home broadband is that their mobile device lets them do everything online they would do with fixed broadband.
  • Roughly one-fifth (20%) say it's because the monthly cost of home broadband service is too expensive.
     

Poll: Smartphones are winning the internet