It’s probably not necessary to quote research data to demonstrate that smartphones are now the UK’s preferred device over laptops for accessing the internet. This is evident. Look around any restaurant, bus, train, or on the street. We’re all connected, all the time, necks bent forward, glowing eyes fixed on our 4” windows to the world.

But data from a recent Ofcom study shows that this is indeed (officially) now the case, and the UK can now be called a ...