In China more users now access the internet with a mobile device than a PC

[Justin Kahn]

China has been going through a major internet usage boom over the last little while, due largely to mobile device use. New numbers published by a state supported research group say that for the first time mobile internet usage has surpassed that of laptop and desktop PCs.

Around 83.4% of China's 632 million internet users recorded across June of this year did so via a mobile device, compared to about 80.9% accessing the web via PC. As internet usage as a whole grew around 2.3% since the beginning of 2014, mobile surfing grew 5.4% and usage on PCs dropped between 0.1 and 0.4% over the same time period. 

Internet usage in the country has hit nearly 47% compared to 87% in the US. However, even with nearly half the adoption numbers, China had more than double the entire US population logon during June 2014.

While the numbers are still the other way around in most other places in the world, some suggest the combination of low cost phones and the considerably low average income in China, make mobile devices a much more practical internet solution than pricey PCs. The popularity of mobile internet is also likely parallel with the boom of social networks, online mobile gaming and other on-the-go services in the region.

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[cliffordcooley]

That just means they never needed a PC stronger than the ones we had 10 years ago. It also means they are not spending their time, playing graphical games of today.

 

[VitalyT]

Those bamboo antennas have mighty reception...

 

[Holotus]

Just imagine if someday a company could harness the power of a hundred million phones to make super computer equivalent calculations. Similar to how torrenting requires a community of people to function, imagine if someday our phones could contribute a small portion of computing power to solve massive problems.... imagine if you were paid a small amount of Bitcoins to contribute.

 

[cliffordcooley]

Yeah just imagine your phones battery only lasting 2 hours instead of going strong all day. Because someone wanted to use a network of phones, instead of a proper server. Yeah, I don't see that happening, not if I have anything to do with it.

 

[misor]

Around 83.4% of China's 632 million internet users recorded across June of this year did so via a mobile device, compared to about 80.9% accessing the web via PC.

when absolute values are taken for the internet usage:
527,088,000 mobile device users vs the 'lower share' 511,288,000 pc users.
(da** numbers, they make my head spin.)

 

[Guest]

For possible 4 homepages sure enough mobile power access.