You’re still missing the bigger point.
Smartphones are being used for voice communications, and for texting, and “some” media consumption, and for Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps some e-mail. When it comes to most internet type stuff, such as all of the stuff you can do with smartphones and tablets, and the other stuff, such are reading news and information, the PCs have the majority of the traffic. In fact, when it comes to my usage of my smartphone, I do as little as possible and just wait until I’m in front of a bigger screen; the tiny letters on a tiny screen are just too much for my eyes, and I hear the same from most people I know. Smartphones have a place in today’s world, but regular internet use does not make them preferred in any sense. Even viewing videos on the tiny screens is not conducive to having a nice experience.
The study I pointed to dealt mostly with tablets, but, one can only deduce that, if tablets with the bigger screens aren’t being used as much as people suspected, then the smartphones with the tinier screens would also not be doing so well. Smartphones will show a bigger slice than tablets for internet usage, but that’s only because they can be a lot easier to take anywhere, otherwise, they still can’t match PCs for internet usage.
Which accounts for the overwhelming majority of what people do on their PC's anyway .... now being done on their smartphone. When it comes to most internet type stuff, such as all of the stuff you can do with smartphones and tablets, and the other stuff, such are reading news and information, the PCs have the majority of the traffic.
WHAT?! You're contradicting yourself here, whether knowingly or not. Are you saying that people keep their PC's around just to read news online??
The study I pointed to dealt mostly with tablets, but, one can only deduce that, if tablets with the bigger screens aren’t being used as much as people suspected, then the smartphones with the tinier screens would also not be doing so well.
That's an incorrect deduction (or conclusion) on your part. Here's why: I can stick my smartphone in my shirt pocket and have both hands free. I can't do that with my tablet.
That's just ONE example. Here's another: If I'm going to dinner with my wife, which am I more likely to take: my smartphone or my tablet? (Answer: smartphone.) Why? I can check email quickly when she steps away to the ladies room or text my kids @ home to make sure things are OK. In that specific situation my Smartphone is more useful and less conspicuous.