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87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Re: 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Post by TillE »

ajross wrote: post #4

It's just a line in the article, the data isn't provided. This is the source of the headline quote: > 87% of teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone; 31% of teens own an Apple Watch And sorry, but that's just laughably wrong. Even in my teen's upper middle class school of tech scions, the penetration of any kind of phone sits somewhere around 50%. And I don't think I've even seen a smart watc…

It's an actual survey from a company which does that kind of thing, which I take considerably more seriously than vague anecdotes.

Re: 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Post by [deleted] »

csdreamer7 wrote: post #5

So I have owned an Android all my life and never daily driven an iPhone. The iPhone (edit forgot the iPhone part) screen seems more responsive and very bright and colorful. To me the freedom of an unlocked phone I can put my own apps on is very important for me for Android. Why should I get an iPhone? edit: not sure most teens care or are unaware of Android's around 3 years support length for a phone.

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Re: 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Post by snapcaster »

ajross wrote: post #4

It's just a line in the article, the data isn't provided. This is the source of the headline quote: > 87% of teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone; 31% of teens own an Apple Watch And sorry, but that's just laughably wrong. Even in my teen's upper middle class school of tech scions, the penetration of any kind of phone sits somewhere around 50%. And I don't think I've even seen a smart watc…

I think there is the implicit assumption in your comment that people benefitting from tech are more likely to use tech but I'm not sure that's a safe assumption

Re: 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Post by jderiksen »

csdreamer7 wrote: post #5

So I have owned an Android all my life and never daily driven an iPhone. The iPhone (edit forgot the iPhone part) screen seems more responsive and very bright and colorful. To me the freedom of an unlocked phone I can put my own apps on is very important for me for Android. Why should I get an iPhone? edit: not sure most teens care or are unaware of Android's around 3 years support length for a phone.

> Why should I get an iPhone?

I am a musician and the iPhone has lower latency. Many music apps perform better on iTunes and some app developers never even bother developing on Android.

Re: 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Post by imranq »

ajross wrote: post #4

It's just a line in the article, the data isn't provided. This is the source of the headline quote: > 87% of teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone; 31% of teens own an Apple Watch And sorry, but that's just laughably wrong. Even in my teen's upper middle class school of tech scions, the penetration of any kind of phone sits somewhere around 50%. And I don't think I've even seen a smart watc…

Tech workers might be stricter with their childrens' phone use given that they know how much tracking and manipulation is possible

Re: 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Post by ceejayoz »

autoexec wrote: post #9
etaioinshrdlu wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They would rather be dead than be uncool! Yikes.

Generalizing here, but that sounds exactly like teenagers. No perspective, and under way too much pressure to conform.

And, on rare occasions, prone to hyperbole.

Re: 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Post by nightfly »

csdreamer7 wrote: post #5

So I have owned an Android all my life and never daily driven an iPhone. The iPhone (edit forgot the iPhone part) screen seems more responsive and very bright and colorful. To me the freedom of an unlocked phone I can put my own apps on is very important for me for Android. Why should I get an iPhone? edit: not sure most teens care or are unaware of Android's around 3 years support length for a phone.

Longer support period. Easier to tell if you're getting a "good" phone since there's only a few models.

I use Android phones, but that last points almost dragged me in a few times after getting disappointing phones.

Edit: you asked why _you_ should get an iPhone, not why teens should.

Re: 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Post by dimgl »

ajross wrote: post #4

It's just a line in the article, the data isn't provided. This is the source of the headline quote: > 87% of teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone; 31% of teens own an Apple Watch And sorry, but that's just laughably wrong. Even in my teen's upper middle class school of tech scions, the penetration of any kind of phone sits somewhere around 50%. And I don't think I've even seen a smart watc…

Why is this laughably wrong? Why is this so hard to believe?

Also, why would being a tech scion mean that you wouldn't want to use an iPhone? If anything, I'd argue that being in tech makes you appreciate the benefits of having an iPhone.

Re: 87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

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Post by robertwt7 »

Even if people said that apple lacks innovation after Jobs, what they have done here in market penetration, branding, and ecosystem is brilliant. I don’t even know how they did it, they just keep creating new stuff in the ecosystem that makes it so hard to switch out once you’re in it

The visionary should be rewarded. Maybe that’s Tim? He does a far better job compared to the other ceo of big tech companies..

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