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silicon valley resident assumes rest of world is like silicon valley and that everyone has a smartphone

• bluGill 1y ago
  Everyone has a smartphone is close enough to the truth. There are people living in mud huts that have smart phones, even though they cook on an open fire and use candles for light. More than half the world population has smart phones, and even some very poor countries have surprisingly high penetration.
  • skeezyboy 1y ago
    >There are people living in mud huts that have smart phones, even though they cook on an open fire and use candles for light. How are they charging it and what network serves mud-huts?
    • bluGill 1y ago
      I'm not sure, I'm guessing solar. Perhaps a community charger or something. Whatever network serves their country would serve them.
  • skeezyboy 1y ago
    >Everyone has a smartphone is close enough to the truth. Again, youre dreaming. Not even close to 6/7 billion smartphone owners. https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/smartphone-owners-are-now-the-global-majority-new-gsma-report-reveals/ https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/smartphone-owner...
    • bluGill 1y ago
      World population is in the 8 billion range last I checked, while smart phone owners are over 5 billion. That is most, and close enough to everyone for discussion.