---
title: "Forty Years of Cell Phone Calls"
description: "Our recent surveys show that 87% of American adults have a cell phone, along with 78% of American teenagers ages 12 to 17."
date: "2013-04-03"
authors:
  - name: "Michael Suh"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/2013/04/03/forty-years-of-cell-phone-calls/"
---

# Forty Years of Cell Phone Calls