Nearly 9-in-10 smartphone owners have used their phones in the past 30 days to perform a real-time query to help them arrange meetings with friends, solve problems or find information to settle an argument.
The growing adaptation and functionality of smartphones has made them more entrenched in users’ daily lives, a new Pew Internet & American Life report shows. “Just-in-time” cell users — defined as anyone who has done one or more of the activities below using their phones in the preceding 30 days — now comprise 62% of the adult population.
The report also found small differences in cell phone and smartphone use among men compared with women; among racial groups and younger users compared to older ones.
Within the past 30 days, smartphone or cell phone owners said they used their phone to:
• Decide whether to visit a business, such as a restaurant. • Look up a score of a sporting event. • Get up-to-the-minute traffic or public transit information to find the fastest way to get somewhere.
Read the full report for detailed findings on the survey.
