{"id":999,"date":"2021-11-12T08:02:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T08:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pleddu.com?post_type=blog_post&#038;p=999"},"modified":"2022-03-09T10:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T10:16:20","slug":"almost-a-billion-people-have-no-phone","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"https:\/\/pleddu.com\/en\/blog_post\/almost-a-billion-people-have-no-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost a billion people have no phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/pleddu.com\/back-rent-1\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> &raquo; <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Almost a billion people have no phone<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A mobile phone is considered by most people to be the most important thing. They use it to communicate, pay, entertain themselves and use countless apps. Few people know that it&#8217;s been half a century since the first mobile phone call was made. It was made on April 3, 1973, by Motorola employee Martin Bell. Now more than 5 billion people use mobile services and more than half of them are smartphone users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"do-you-know-how-many-people-are-without-a-phone\"><strong>Do you know how many people are without a phone?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it even possible to function without a phone these days? Since various applications are used for everyday tasks and communication with the authorities, it is unthinkable for many people not to have a phone. Yet many people choose not to own a phone, and it is not just senior citizens or people without friends or without a home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the countries that have the most phones. South Korea is the world leader in smartphone adoption &#8211; it is the only country where 100% of the adult population has a mobile phone. In South Korea, 95% of adults own a smartphone and 5% have a regular mobile phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The picture is similar in Israel, the Netherlands and Sweden, where more than 85% of adults have smartphones and just 2% have no mobile phone at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Poland and Russia, where 30% and 34% of adults use regular mobile phones, smartphone ownership rates are significantly lower at 63% and 59% respectively. This is according to data from the Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"where-do-small-people-phones-least\"><strong>Where do small people phones least?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s mainly developing countries. 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