I just randomly picked France, and it looks like their age of first smartphone is around 11-12[1] (as of 2018 study, so maybe even lower now). In the US it's 11

I just randomly picked France, and it looks like their age of first smartphone is around 11-12[1] (as of 2018 study, so maybe even lower now). In the US it's 11.6 years[2]. So seems about the same. I don't feel like checking every other country but hopefully this disputes the claim that the US is somehow completely abnormal. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076293/age-obtaining-first-smartphone-teenagers-france/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076293/age-obtaining-fi... [2] https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/11/children-mobile-phone-age.html https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/11/children-mobi...