Are people using phones more than laptops for the internet?

Yes,a phone is like a small computer.it has almost everything you need like what a laptop does.You can even access Microsoft word and type in your phone rather than carrying a heavy laptop around to compete your project work.

Yes

Here in my country they are, not sure in the rest of the world, I still prefer a laptop though.

Personally, yes.

It often looks like that, but I don't have any statistics to quote.

No.