Smartphones evolve into primacy [TUPdate]

Smartphones are above the 50% mark for nearly every type of activity and for being used for the most activities within that type. Worldwide, over half of users mostly use a smartphone for communications, social networking, shopping, and graphics/imaging. PCs still form a primary platform for many shopping activities.

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Working from home mutates to double hybrid [TUPdate]

Worldwide, 15% of employed or self-employed online adults are working from home always or the majority of the time, versus 32% in the US. Worldwide, this rate is lower than one year earlier and in the US is effectively the same.

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Smartphones still coexist with feature phones [MetaFAQs]

The growing market penetration of smartphones has been sustained and strong, and yet has not fully replaced the use of basic feature phones. This MetaFAQs reports on the penetration of both smartphones and basic feature phones among online adults in the US, Germany, UK, Japan, and among China’s most highly educated adults.

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Usage hours rise and subside slightly [MetaFAQs]

Globally, smartphone hours increased in 2020 and returned to prior levels in 2021. In the US, average weekly hours subsided with PCs while slightly increasing with smartphones and tablets.

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Dominant tech device brands [MetaFAQs]

Apple dominates most users around the world and especially in the US. However, its expansion has flattened while computer leaders Dell and HP have had their market penetration contract. Number two Samsung, having experienced modest gains in the first year of the pandemic, has since declined in part due to withering user demand, supply chain issues, and competitive pressures.
This TUPdate reports on the percentage of online Americans who are using at least one of a market leader’s products: Apple, Samsung, Dell, HP, Sony, Lenovo, Acer, ASUS, and Huawei.

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Purchase Plans-Hints from the upcoming TUP 2021 results

In these extraordinary times of change, we have released a small number of top-line observations based on preliminary results from TUP 2021 findings. This MetaFAQs includes observations of purchase plans based on preliminary results from TUP 2021, based on over 7,500 American respondents, of which almost 5,000 respondents have any purchase plans for PCs, smartphones, tablets, printers, or wearables. (The final results will be much larger in scope–based on results from over 13,500 respondents in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, and China.) Planners of note include Americans working from home and Americans planning to purchase a tablet or wearables.

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Lawyer Cat and Windows 11 – home PC demand to rise [TUPdate]

What do the “Lawyer Cat” meme and Windows 11 have in common? They both require a tech upgrade. The not so tech-savvy lawyer who accidentally made his face into a cat avatar during an online meeting due to his older PC and lack of tech knowledge could be one of many who need an upgrade. Windows 11 is likely to need users to have newer home PCs than what they’re actively using today. This TUPdate reports on the age, household size, usage, and employment roles of online adults using older home PCs.

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It’s a multi-ecosystem world [TUPdate]

How loyal are customers to their operating systems?
This TUPdate reports on market penetration status of broad technology ecosystems—that is, how loyal (or not) customers are when it comes to their operating system. In this analysis, MetaFacts measures the market’s adoption of the three prominent operating system families: Microsoft Windows, Google Android/Chrome OS, and Apple iOS/iPadOS/MacOS.

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