Kude kube kufika ii-smartphones kunye neepilisi, ngokusebenzayo Ekuphela kwendlela esasinokunxibelelana ngayo ne-intanethi kungokusebenzisa ikhompyutha, Ilawulwa yiWindows okanye iMacOS. Kodwa okwexeshana ngoku kwaye ngakumbi kuba ii-smartphones zisebenzisa izikrini ezikhulu, ngakumbi nangakumbi abasebenzisi basebenzisa izixhobo zabo eziphathwayo ukunxibelelana ne-intanethi. Ukuthengiswa kwePC kuyaqhubeka ukwehla unyaka nonyaka, kubonisa ukuba imeko yangoku yabasebenzisi yeyizixhobo ezilungele epokothweni ukwenza nawuphi na umsebenzi onxulumene ne-Intanethi.
Iinkcukacha-manani zamva nje ezipapashwe yiStatCounter zibonakalise kuthi. I-StatCounter ipapashe igrafu apho sinokubona khona ezona ndlela zisetyenziswayo zokuqhagamshela kwi-intanethi ukusukela ngoFebruwari 2012 ukuya kuFebruwari 2017 kwaye apho sinokubona ukuba unyaka nonyaka i-Android inyuke kwinqanaba lokuma kuma-37,4%, ngelixa iiWindows ziwile ukusuka nje ngaphezulu kwe-80% ngoFebruwari 2012 ukuya kuma-38.6% ngoFebruwari walo nyaka. Zonke iingcebiso zokuba kungaphelanga iinyanga ezimbalwa, i-Android iya kuba yeyona nkqubo isetyenziswayo kakhulu ukunxibelelana ne-intanethi.
Abafana abavela kwiStatCounter, nabo bathumele uhlobo lwesixhobo esisetyenziswa kakhulu ukunxibelelana ne-intanethi, Kwaye kolu luhlu, izixhobo eziphathwayo nazo ziye zehla zaphantse zaya kwisiqingatha. Ngokwigrafu engentla, siyabona ukuba iikhompyuter okanye iilaptops zisetyenziswa njani ama-48,7% amaxesha ukunxibelelana ne-intanethi, ngelixa i-51,3% isenza njalo kwi-smartphone okanye ithebhulethi. Le grafu isibonisa idatha ukusuka ngo-Okthobha ka-2009 ukuya ku-Okthobha u-2016, kungoko kunokwenzeka ukuba amanani oqhagamshelo kwii-smartphones kunye neetafile anyuke nangakumbi.