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Report: More youth use smartphones as route to Web

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Donald Conkey, 15, checks his smartphone Monday while doing homework in his bedroom in Wilmette. A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project says more teens are using smartphones as a main means of accessing the Internet — more so than adults.

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The smartphone belonging to Harry Conkey, age 17, sits nearby Monday as the high school senior does homework in his bedroom in Wilmette. A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project says more teens are using smartphones as a main means of accessing the Internet — more so than adults.

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A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that 78 percent of young people, ages 12 to 17, now have cellphones. Nearly half of those are smartphones, a share that's increasing steadily — and that's having a big effect on how, and where, many young people are accessing the Web. The survey, released Wednesday, finds that one in four young people say they are "cell-mostly" Internet users, a percentage that increases to about half when the phone is a smartphone.
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    • Donald Conkey, 15, checks his smartphone Monday while doing homework in his bedroom in Wilmette. A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project says more teens are using smartphones as a main means of accessing the Internet — more so than adults.
    • The smartphone belonging to Harry Conkey, age 17, sits nearby Monday as the high school senior does homework in his bedroom in Wilmette. A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project says more teens are using smartphones as a main means of accessing the Internet — more so than adults.
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