The Mobile Workforce

THE NEW MOBILE WORKFORCE A MAJORITY OF EMPLOYE ES WORLDWIDE SAY THEY DON'T NEED TO BE IN THE OFFICE TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND THAT THEY VALUE MOBILITY MORE THAN A HIGHER SALARY. 472 MILLION SMARTPHONES SHIPPED IN 2012, COMPARED WITH JUST 415 MILLION PC'S of employees globally now rely on more than one mobile device during their typical working Day 32% 78% of smart phone users access email on their devices 65% of mobile workers use a tablet 88% 88% of people say they use their PC tablets in transit: 2 Other Stats Today, more than half of all mobile workers (64 percent) use a tablet 67 percent of mobile workers now use social media for work. 92 percent of mobile workers believe their smartphones should be enabled for both work and personal use The iPhone is still the chosen mobile device, with 30 percent of mobile workers selecting it if they had only one choice, followed by an iPad (22 percent) and a laptop (21 percent).