Smartphones have proven themselves to be the ultimate gateway for Internet users in China as 88.9 percent of them choose to connect to the Internet via mobile devices, said a report released on Thursday.
According to the report from China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the number of people using Internet rose to 668 million by the end of June, up 18.94 million compared with the end of 2014.
The proportion of those who access the Interent via smartphones jumped to a new high of 88.9 percent by the end of June, compared with 85.8 percent at the end of 2014.
The Beijing-based CNNIC said that the proportion of those who go online via personal computers or tablets has dropped. By the end of June, about 68.4 percent of Chinese netizens accessed Interent via desktop. The rate was 42.5 percent for laptops.
Tablets ranked the lowest with 33.7 percent of netizens using the mobile device to surf Internet. With size of smartphone screens increasing, they will further establish their status as the top devices for Internet users, said CNNIC.
