Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea have higher smartphone use rates than the US, Knox said

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Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea have higher smartphone use rates than the US, Knox said

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Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng takes a photo of minister for the environment Yaacob Ibrahim using a mobile phone at an election rally in Singapore on May 2011. Asia-Pacific is leading a surge in the use of mobile devices as they play a more central role in people's lives and are on track to replace conventional computers, a top Google executive said Wednesday.