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THE EPOCH TIMES

The Americans Who Still Prefer Pre-Internet Ways to Smartphones

Even among smartphone owners, there are those who prefer to use other methods to find information and to communicate.

A man checks his mobile phone. Niek Verlaan/Pixabay

By Keegan Billings
2/23/2025 Updated: 2/23/2025


Americans who prefer to communicate and access information using the methods that were around before the internet are becoming harder to find.

According to a 2024 Pew Research survey, 98 percent of U.S. adults own a cell phone and 91 percent own a smartphone.

A 2011 survey, by contrast, found that 83 percent of Americans owned a cell phone and 35 percent owned a smartphone.

Still, non-smartphone owners are out there. Even among smartphone owners, there are those who prefer to use other methods instead of reaching for their internet devices.

“I have a flip phone, and I never got an iPhone, and I didn’t feel I needed one,” Michael Antonini, retired dentist and former San Francisco planning commissioner, told The Epoch Times.

Antonini said he would rather pick up the phone and call someone if he needs to talk to them.

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