United States is observing teenagers texting more than ever and are also likelier to have a smart phone in their hands, states survey released on Monday.
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"When asked generally about how they communicate with people in their lives -- not just about their friends, but about all kinds of people -- teens point to text messaging as the dominant daily mode of communication," it said.
Pew also said 23 percent of the 799 youngsters who took part in its telephone survey in the continental United States in April through July last year had a smartphone, such as an iPhone or a BlackBerry.
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Suburban white teenagers with parents who had at least a high school education, living in homes with a total income of more than $75,000, were more likely than others to have a cellphone, the Pew researchers found.
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