91% of Poles are mobile phone users

According to a study conducted by CBOS , 91 percent of Poles use mobile phones, of which 41 percent have a traditional model whereas 31 percent possess smartphones. Smartphone owners are generally younger and better educated than traditional mobile phone owners. The authors of the report emphasize that " apart from using their phones to talk (100 percent), over 75 percent mobile phone users receive and send text messages. The camera, however, is a less popular mobile phone function, used by 57 percent." Smartphone owners are aged between 18 and 44 with a secondary or higher education. Also they most commonly live in larger cities, are well-off and mmbers of the managment staff. Moreover, women are slightly more frequent users of new technology than men. Traditional phone users are mostly over 45 years old with primary or vocational education, farmers, unqualified workers as well as the less well off.