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No matter where you go, most of the people you meet will have a smartphone. In fact, a study made in 2013 states 22% of people in the world own a smartphone. For those who don’t think that sounds like a lot think of it like this. If you pick any five people in the world at least one will own a smartphone. (Heggestuen NP) Those numbers are substantially high in my book. For those who have been living under a rock for thirty years, a smart phone is a device that makes telephone calls but also can connect to other compatible access points wirelessly. Everyone has their own reason for getting a smartphone from having a convenient device to help you with your work to the unique touchscreen method, or it could just be that it has a wide variety of fun and/or useful apps.
A lot of businesses use smartphones to help get things done or just if it’s their job to make or fix them. If you are on the road, a smartphone could act as a GPS to help you get to appointments quicker and on time. A smartphone can also be a very handy address book you can use to get quick information when your higher ups ask you to call or email somebody you can just check your phone to get the information you need. Thirdly, a smartphone is sometimes used to quickly look up little tidbits of information when they get there early. Fourthly, it is useful at keeping up with a hectic (or not) schedule. The fifth way it assists in helping business’s complete tasks is that it can help a business quickly access a customer’s data. Coming up at sixth is that it can help a business update their information on a wide number of social media cites. Lastly, it is used to get the answer to a question someone asks you when you are stumped about it. (Connick NP)
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...’m still excited about any new features these big (or small) name companies will think of and how they will incorporate those new features into their new smartphones.

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• Heggestuen, John. One In Every 5 People In The World Own A Smartphone, One In Every 17 Own A Tablet [CHART]. Business Insider. Business Insider, Inc., 15 Dec. 2013. Web. 15 May 2014. .
• Connick, Wendy. 7 Business Uses for a Smartphone. About.com Sales. Web. 16 May 2014.
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