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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 zaik »

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…

No wonder Apple dropped XMPP support when walled gardens are much more effetive for market capture.

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Post by stjohnswarts »

Dracophoenix wrote: post #10
Spivak wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

They either buy used or a couple generation old. I've never paid more than $350 for an iphone myself. If you don't "have to have" cutting edge, then older phones are fine.

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Post by nrb »

darkwizard42 wrote: post #5
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.

Pacsun was big in the 90s, they had stores in a ton of malls that sold mostly clothes from surf brands like Quicksilver and Billabong. Interesting to see it on that list.

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

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Post by Teknoman117 »

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…

The problem with chat experience is that it's really, truly not Android's fault, it's Apple's. It sucks because Apple wants it to suck to push iOS and macOS sales. Pretty useless blaming Android for that.

I have managed to push most of the people I know to not use SMS or iMessage and use Signal - we can all have a high quality chat and media sharing experience with a comparable (or superior) security model on whatever device you have. iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, etc.

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Post by GeekyBear »

Teknoman117 wrote: post #17
Spivak wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

The problem with chat experience is that it's really, truly not Android's fault, it's Apple's. It sucks because Apple wants it to suck to push iOS and macOS sales. Pretty useless blaming Android for that. I have managed to push most of the people I know to not use SMS or iMessage and use Signal - we can all have a high quality chat and media sharing experience with a comparable (or superior) security model on whateve…

> The problem with chat experience is that it's really, truly not Android's fault, it's Apple's.

Apple forced Google to screw up it's messaging strategy for all these years?

>Google has been unable to field a stable, competitive messaging platform for years and has thoroughly lost the messaging war to products with a long-term strategy. At least some divisions inside the company are waking up to how damaging this is to Google as a company, and now Google's latest strategy is to... beg its competition for mercy?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/new-google-site-begs...

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

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Post by Dracophoenix »

stjohnswarts wrote: post #13
Dracophoenix wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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?

They either buy used or a couple generation old. I've never paid more than $350 for an iphone myself. If you don't "have to have" cutting edge, then older phones are fine.

How old is old in this case? 1 or 2 generations of the lowest (SE) or second lowest (mini/regular) tiers?
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