Summary
Forrester expects the number of global smartphone subscribers to reach 3.9 billion by 2023, crossing the 55% mark for smartphone penetration in 2018 and reaching 66% by 2023. This is up from 4.4% in 2009. Our forecast details the global mobile, smartphone, and tablet installed base and subscriber data across 53 countries. It includes data on business-owned smartphone subscribers, subscribers by operating system (2011 to 2018 only), and handset ownership by age. This data set provides historical data back to 2009 plus a five-year forecast.
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