Half of All Americans 55-Plus Own Smartphones

Nielsen is reporting that 51% of all adults over the age of 55 in the US owned smartphones in the first quarter of 2014, up 10% in the first quarter of 2013.

The development is notable because rapid growth in smartphone usage among older Americans means that a majority of Americans in all age groups now own smart phones. Overall, seven in ten Americans owned smart phones and about 85% of the purchases for new mobile phones are now smartphones.