Pew: Tablets and smartphones – ownership for the wealthier and younger
Connecting through glass by older adults – forward, but slowly. The Pew numbers are out and offer confirmation that feature phones are nearly dead and laptops may be dying as consumer devices. Smart phone ownership among seniors is up from 13% – it has climbed to 18% of the 570 surveyed adults aged 65+ and 39% of boomers aged 55-64. What’s different is the dominance of the device among younger adults – 55% of those aged 45-54 and 69% of those aged 35-44 have smart phones. Meanwhile tablet ownership among the 65+ has progressed to the same 18%. (Uh, could those be the same folks that have smartphones?) And tablet ownership, less dominant than smart phones, centers primarily in the 35-54 age range - 49% of adults aged 35-44 own one, and 38% of those aged 45-54 have them.