It finally has happened — the number of U.S. mobile subscribers who own smartphones is just about equal to the number who own feature phones, according to new data. As of Feb. 2012, 49.7 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers carried a smartphone — an increase of 38 percent from Feb. 2011, when only 36 percent of mobile subscribers owned smartphones. The driver behind this trend was the lopsided adoption of smartphones by mobile phone buyers in recent months, according to Nielsen Wire. As of Feb. 2012, 49.7 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers carried a smartphone.
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Posted by: Erika Morphy April 3, 2012 05:00 AMIt finally has happened — the number of U.S. mobile subscribers who own smartphones is just about equal to the number who own feature phones, according to new data. As of Feb. 2012, 49.7 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers carried a smartphone — an increase of 38 percent from Feb. 2011, when only 36 percent of mobile subscribers owned smartphones. The driver behind this trend was the lopsided adoption of smartphones by mobile phone buyers in recent months, according to Nielsen Wire. As of Feb. 2012, 49.7 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers carried a smartphone.