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About three-in-ten (31%) of these cell internet users say that they mostly go online using their cell phone \u2013 and not using some other device such as a desktop or laptop computer. That works out to 17% of all adult cell owners who are \u201ccell-mostly internet users\u201d\u2014 that is, people who use their phones for most of their online browsing.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Young adults and non-whites are especially likely to use their cell phones for the majority of their online activity. Nearly half of all 18-29 year olds (45%) who use the internet on their cell phones do most of their online browsing on their mobile device.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half (51%) of African-American cell internet users do most of their online browsing on their phones, double the proportion for whites (24%). Two-in-five Latino cell internet users (42%) also fall into the \u201ccell-mostly\u201d category. <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/Reports\/2012\/Cell-Internet-Use-2012\/Key-Findings.aspx\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two-in-ten cell phone owners do most of their online browsing on their phone. 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