According to a survey on handphone users in Malaysia, as of August 2021, 98.5 percent of respondents who earn between three thousand to five thousand Malaysian ringgit owned smartphones. By comparison, 92 percent of respondents with an income of more than five thousand Malaysian ringgit said they owned smartphones.
Share of handphone users who owned a smartphone in Malaysia as of August 2021, by income level
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Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. (July 4, 2022). Share of handphone users who owned a smartphone in Malaysia as of August 2021, by income level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/973669/malaysia-smartphone-ownership-by-income/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. "Share of handphone users who owned a smartphone in Malaysia as of August 2021, by income level." Chart. July 4, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/973669/malaysia-smartphone-ownership-by-income/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. (2022). Share of handphone users who owned a smartphone in Malaysia as of August 2021, by income level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/973669/malaysia-smartphone-ownership-by-income/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. "Share of Handphone Users Who Owned a Smartphone in Malaysia as of August 2021, by Income Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/973669/malaysia-smartphone-ownership-by-income/
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, Share of handphone users who owned a smartphone in Malaysia as of August 2021, by income level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/973669/malaysia-smartphone-ownership-by-income/ (last visited May 08, 2024)
Share of handphone users who owned a smartphone in Malaysia as of August 2021, by income level [Graph], Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, July 4, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/973669/malaysia-smartphone-ownership-by-income/