45% of U.S. adults own a tablet

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Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech / Monica Anderson / Oct 29, 2015

And 68 percent own a smartphone, according to the latest report from Pew. —LO

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "45% of U.S. adults own a tablet." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 29 Oct. 2015. Web. 21 Mar. 2025.

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