Impact of Smartphone Usage

The number of smartphone owners worldwide reached approximately 4.3 billion people in late 2023, which is 54% of the global population. 4.6 million people use the mobile internet, of whom:

• Nearly 4 billion people access it using a smartphone (49% of the global population)
• 600 million people access it using a feature phone (8% of the global population)

With these figures likely to grow as smartphones become more accessible for a greater number of people, this technology is bound to have an impact on the planet. But how much? And what can we do about it?

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