According to Stock Apps, as of July 2021, 66.9% of the world's population, or 5.27 billion people, had a mobile phone. Compared to July last year, the number of users has grown by 117 million. Of course, they are all unevenly distributed around the globe. For example, 86% of Europeans own a mobile phone, while in South African countries, less than half of the population owns such a device.
Experts report that the European mobile phone market is almost completely saturated. It is expected that by 2025, 87% of the region's residents will have telephones, which is only 1% more than now. There are many owners of mobile devices among residents of North America, China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Here, about 83% of people own phones or smartphones.
It's worth noting that 5.3 billion is the number of people who own at least one phone. Many people have two or more devices. 79% of all mobile devices, approximately 6.4 billion, are smartphones. And they account for 73% of the world's internet traffic. Other mobile devices such as tablets and laptops have a market share of just 3.8%.
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a surge in mobile traffic, up 68% year on year. In the first quarter, the amount of data transferred was 66 exabytes (66 million TB). Android accounted for 73% of this traffic, while iOS devices accounted for 26.3%.
In terms of the cost of mobile data, the global average price of 1 GB is $ 4.07. The most expensive mobile internet in Greece, where users pay $ 8.16 per GB. For the same amount of data, residents of the UAE and New Zealand pay $ 7.62 and $ 6.99, respectively. The cheapest mobile internet in Israel is $ 0.05 per GB. It is followed by Italy and Russia, where 1 GB of traffic costs an average of $ 0.27 and $ 0.29, respectively.
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