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iPhone Ownership Among U.S. Teens Hits 87%

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Re: iPhone Ownership Among U.S. Teens Hits 87%

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Post by notch656a »

>52% of teens cite Amazon as their No. 1 favorite e-comm site; SHEIN, Nike, Lululemon, and Pacsun took spots No. 2-5

I've only ever heard of two on this list. Interesting.

Also to note there's shockingly low diversity in footwear and phone choices. Why is the teen market such a winner take all environment?

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Post by darkwizard42 »

notch656a wrote: post #3

>52% of teens cite Amazon as their No. 1 favorite e-comm site; SHEIN, Nike, Lululemon, and Pacsun took spots No. 2-5 I've only ever heard of two on this list. Interesting. Also to note there's shockingly low diversity in footwear and phone choices. Why is the teen market such a winner take all environment?

Couldn’t tell you about Pacsun’s popularity, but SHEIN is the fast fashion of fast fashion. Absolutely dirt cheap copycat apparel shipped from China with a very liberal return policy.

Lulu and Nike seem very status-oriented and I believe they don’t list on Amazon directly so makes sense there.

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Post by toomuchtodo »

notch656a wrote: post #3

>52% of teens cite Amazon as their No. 1 favorite e-comm site; SHEIN, Nike, Lululemon, and Pacsun took spots No. 2-5 I've only ever heard of two on this list. Interesting. Also to note there's shockingly low diversity in footwear and phone choices. Why is the teen market such a winner take all environment?

Shein has an interesting story behind it.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/04/05/welcome-to-the-dar...

https://www.marketplace.org/2022/05/06/business-shein-fast-f...

Re: iPhone Ownership Among U.S. Teens Hits 87%

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Post by Spivak »

kcb wrote: post #7

Yea that's what happens when Apple teams up with teens to bully anyone without an iPhone.

It really does suck to be in group chats with Android users, pictures get downsized, "Person loved 'message'", voice memos don't work, you can't see people's dnd status, no deliver quietly, no typing indicators or read receipts. You can't airdrop to them, or share iCloud notes, or contribute to shared photo albums. Facetime is far and away the best video calling experience that exists.

Android phones just aren't good enough to be worth the switch, especially when they're the same price. I've never paid more than $300 for an iPhone.

There's no actual draw to Android, your choices on the market today are iPhones and worse off brand iPhones desperately trying to be iPhones. It used to be a meme that at every WWCD Apple would announce features that Android had for years and we'd all have a laugh but now it's flipped the other way which is honestly embarrassing for Google who burnt through so much of their advantage.

Re: iPhone Ownership Among U.S. Teens Hits 87%

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Post by Dracophoenix »

Spivak wrote: post #9
kcb wrote: post #7

Yea that's what happens when Apple teams up with teens to bully anyone without an iPhone.

It really does suck to be in group chats with Android users, pictures get downsized, "Person loved 'message'", voice memos don't work, you can't see people's dnd status, no deliver quietly, no typing indicators or read receipts. You can't airdrop to them, or share iCloud notes, or contribute to shared photo albums. Facetime is far and away the best video calling experience that exists. Android phones just aren't good…

> Android phones just aren't good enough to be worth the switch, especially when they're the same price. I've never paid more than $300 for an iPhone.

Where, if I may ask, do you get such a good deal?

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