The Americans Who Still Prefer Pre-Internet Ways to Smartphones

Even among smartphone owners, there are those who prefer to use other methods to find information and to communicate.

A man checks his mobile phone. Niek Verlaan/Pixabay

Americans who prefer to communicate and access information using the methods that were around before the internet are becoming harder to find.

According to a 2024 Pew Research survey, 98 percent of U.S. adults own a cell phone and 91 percent own a smartphone.