1. The Smartphone
Revolution
by Gabriella Goulding
image by Abdulmajeed Al.mutawee

2. 3 in 10 Americans used a mobile device.
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1999:
1999: 3 in 10 Americans used a mobile device.

3. image by Roozbeh Rokni
2009: 9 in 10 Americans used a mobile device

4. Smartphone ownership in the US:
2011 2015
31%
43%
57%
69%
Smartphones Other
Source: The Nielson Company

5. Android
Apple iOS
RIM Blackberry
HTC
Other
5%
12%
29%
27%
27%
Source: The Nielson Company
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6. “on the brink of disappearing”
- MaximumTech
Landline phones seem to be a thing of the past, with mobile
phones taking over.
image by MoShotz

7. Data > Voice
“The rule was, ‘Don’t call anyone after 10p.m. Now the
rule is, ‘Don’t call anyone. Ever.’”
- PAMELA PAUL
image by Michael D. Dunn

8. image by Meredith Farmer
Email WhatsApp
BBM
SMS
Are smartphones (along with social media, the Internet,
etc.) deteriorating human contact with one another?

9. image by Jorge Quinteros
Luxury
What was once a luxury gadget, has now become a
necessity...

10. Smartphones are now“worth the cost, both as a
communications tool and as a status symbol.”
- Steve Lohr, the NYT
Text
image by Chris JL

11. image by Always Bë Cool

12. image by gailjadehamilton
Blackberry’s were once used for the corporate elite,
keeping managers and leaders on top of their business.

13. image by Hello Turkey Toe
“Having a
BlackBerry is
something of a craze
and us teens like to
follow suit.”
- Megan Smith, The Guardian

14. Education Revolution
“A is for App”
image by Jenny Downing

15. image by Chewbacka
New studies and pilot projects
show smartphones can actually
make kids smarter.

16. “The traditional classroom,
where an instructor assigns a
textbook, is heading toward
obsolescence.”
- Brian X. Chen, Wired
image by Johan Larsson

17. The App Phenomenon
image by Sigalakos

18. image by Witer
“the Apple iPhone apps store
alone generates about $200
million a month in sales”
- CNBC

19. Today, there seems to be an app for everything, with 3
billion downloads according to Apple.
- CNBC
From Angry Birds
"the largest mobile app success
the world has seen so far")
to iBeer (a ‘virtual pint’)
image by Ricky Romero

20. The Smartphone
Revolution has been
defining in the last decade
- for better or worse -
and will continue for years
to come.
image by aresjoberg

21. REFERENCES
http://www.maximumtech.com/12-technologies-brink-disappearing
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/fashion/20Cultural.html?_r=1&src=tptw
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/technology/10phone.html?ref=technology
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/aug/02/blackberry-iphone-sales-technology
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/144/a-is-for-app.html
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/iphone-university-abilene/
http://www.cnbc.com/id/34316207/
http://www.cnbc.com/id/34704306
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/who-is-winning-the-u-s-smartphone-battle/

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