World domination: 70% of people to own a smartphone by 2020

Around 70% of the global population will be using a smartphone by the year 2020, with 90% of those over the age of six owning a cellphone. Smartphone subscriptions are set to more than double to 6.1billion. About 80% of new subscriptions will come from Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa because of greater affordability across developing markets, according to the Ericsson Mobility Report.