96pc of Hongkongers use their smartphone to go online everyday
Figures show we're not all talk when it comes to smartphones
It’s often the first object we reach for in the morning and, for many, the last thing we look at before bed. We use them on the train – and sometimes even on the toilet. If it seems like every Hongkonger owns a smartphone, that’s because it is not too far from the truth.
New findings published on Wednesday by Google and Ipsos MediaCT, a think tank, revealed that smartphone penetration in the city hit 63 per cent in this year’s first quarter, compared to 49 per cent in the same period last year and 35 per cent in 2011.
The study found Hong Kong to have the highest mobile internet usage rate in the Asia Pacific region with 96 per cent of smartphone owners going online every day. Japan came in second place in the region at 94 per cent, Singapore at 93 per cent and Korea at 92 per cent. China punched in at 90 per cent.
The online study was conducted on a random sampling of 1,000 adults between the ages of 18 and 64 in the first three months of the year. The male to female ratio was evenly split and roughly half of the respondents surveyed were between the ages of 18 to 34.