The short version

Marc Andreessen predicted on August 20, 2011: “In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the Internet, every moment of every day.” Verdict: Called it. Smartphone users hit ~5B by 2022 per GSMA Intelligence — landed essentially on…

Prediction by

Marc Andreessen

On August 20, 2011

“In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the Internet, every moment of every day.”

Follow-up

Smartphone users hit ~5B by 2022 per GSMA Intelligence — landed essentially on schedule.

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