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Judi Lynn

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Fri Jul 23, 2021, 07:11 PM Jul 2021

Brazilians spend more time on smartphones than rest of the world

Since the emergence of the pandemic, the number of hours spent using the devices increased significantly, according to research.

Angelica Mari
By Angelica Mari for Brazil Tech | July 23, 2021 -- 22:15 GMT (15:15 PDT) | Topic: Mobility

Smartphone users in Brazil spend more time on their devices than any other country in the world, a new report has found.

Daily time spent on mobile apps globally jumped 45% between 2019 and 2021, according to a report published by market data company App Annie Intelligence.

On a daily basis, Brazilians used their smartphones for 5.4 hours on average in the second quarter of 2021. By comparison, daily smartphone use in Brazil reached 3.8 hours on average in 2019, and 4.8 hours daily in 2020.

Up until last year, Brazil was the second country in the world with the most intensive use of smartphones, behind Indonesia, which now ranks second with an average of 5.3 hours of smartphone use per day.

More:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/brazilians-spend-more-time-on-smartphones-than-rest-of-the-world/

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