Mobile Device Ownership Among Seniors Reaches Nearly 89%, Says AARP

Eighty-nine percent of adults over 50 own a mobile device, and 73 percent ages 50-59 own a smartphone, AARP reported Monday. Smartphone ownership among people 50-plus is up 10 percentage points over July 2014 and 25 points since 2013. Portable device adoption among Americans 50 and older is growing, while adoption of traditional computing has flattened or declined, said the group. Seventy-six percent of respondents 50-plus own a computing device defined as a desktop, laptop or tablet, and 11 percent of adults over 50 own a wearable device.