This lens provides a top-level overview of technology users based on the devices they use.
Very few users use only one type connected device, whether it is a smartphone, tablet, PC, or game console. Instead, most users actively use a combination of connected devices. This TUP lens details device penetration, device combinations of key devices, and the activities of their many devices.
Summary of subjects covered in the Devices lens tables
| Subjects | Examples of TUP Questions Answered |
|---|---|
| Usage Profile | Total hours using devices, User segment, ISP |
| Key Devices | Key devices used, such as any Smartphone, any Desktop, any Game Consoles, and others |
| Overall Devices | Number of devices by operating system |
| Device #1-Device #5 | Details about the first 5 connected devices in active use – Smartphones, PCs, Tablets, or Game consoles |
| Units | Number of devices used in last 90 days, by form factor (PCs, Desktop PCs, Smartphones, etc.) |
| Device Activities | The activities across all devices as well as by each device number |
Links to Devices lens tables
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Summary of subjects covered in the TUP Devices Lens
- Penetration of key devices
- Major activities for each device type
- Use of personal devices for remote work
- Trends in ownership
- Trends in technology ecosystems
- Trends in device penetration
- Trends in device primacy
- User profile for each device type
Recent MetaFAQs, TUPdates, and Highlights – Devices lens
- Smartphones overtake computers: Device hour shifts since pre-pandemic times
- The aging home computer installed base as most generations delay refreshing
- The continued decline of widespread personal computer use
- The shock undermining monoculture or ecosystem dominance
- Gen Z adults and millennials continue expanding smartphone usage
- Younger, not youngest, adults continue with most device hours
- Growing use of refurbished tech varies by country and age generation
- Apple’s consistently youthful multi-product customers
- A smartphone and home computer persist as top device combo
- Americans continue trend with more smartphone than computer hours
- Used and refurbished smartphones are increasing in share, especially among the young
- Computer penetration rates drop, but less so among older adults in many countries
- Smartphone hours highest for Gen Z and millennials
- The size of the active creative class
- Most device hours are among younger workers
- How American generations use smartphones
- Younger–though not youngest–adults lead in device hours
- Younger adults continue to drive computer acquisition
- Younger adults turn to used or refurbished tech
- Three-fourths of American Gen Z adults use an Apple device, up from two-thirds, while the UK has the reverse trend
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