12 Most Smartphone Addicted Countries On Earth


#2 South Korea

Smartphone users – 59 per cent of total mobile phone users

Total number of Smartphone Users – 32 million

The number of Smartphone users in South Korea spiked in nearly two years time to exceed 20 million by from around 470,000, the moment when Apple Inc.’s iPhone arrived in the country, data provided by the country’s telecom regulator shows.

 

It’s one of the fastest – if not the fastest – take-up rates of Smartphones in the world. (Arguably) The world’s largest Smartphone manufacturer and seller Samsung is headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul.

#1 Japan

Smartphone users – 66 per cent of total mobile phone users

Total number of Smartphone Users – 78 million

Japanese cellphones are a gadget lover’s dream: ready for Internet and e-mail, they double as credit cards, boarding passes and even body-fat calculators. In Japanese, mobile phones are called keitai denwa literally "portable telephones," and are often known simply as keitai. In recent years, some cellular phones even have the capability of being used as debit or credit cards and can be swiped through most checkout lines to buy products as varied as mascara and jet planes, as more and more companies offer catalogs for cell phones.

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