Mobile and smartphones: used features in Germany 2015

This statistic shows the results of a survey on the usage of mobile phone and smartphone features in Germany from 2014 to 2015. In 2014, roughly 41.4 percent of the German mobile or smartphone users aged 14 years and older used WhatsApp or similar messenger apps on their device.

Share of mobile or smartphone users who used the following functions of their device in Germany 2014 to 2015

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Release date

October 2015

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2014 to 2015

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

German-speaking mobile phone/smartphone users

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Information on base:
German-speaking population ages 14 and older in private households, at main residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Information on random sample:
2014: 8.156 respondents, projected to a population of 70.52 millions
2015: 7,009 respondents, projected to a population of 69.24 millions
Information on target group "German-speaking mobile phone/smartphone users":
2014: projected to 62.41 million persons
2015: projected to 62.70 million persons

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Most mobile or smartphones have several additional or special features. This is a list of a number of these features. Which of these do you actually use?"
(Original German question: "Viele Handys bzw. Smartphones haben ja eine Reihe von Zusatzfunktionen oder besondere Ausstattungen. Hier auf dieser Liste haben wir mal aufgeschrieben, was es gibt. Was davon nutzen Sie? Ich meine jetzt alles, was Sie tatsächlich nutzen.")

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