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

We both regret it at this point sourly, its a properly shitty overpriced device with decent (but not extraordinary) photos. Compared to any average android for half that price its - fugly and looks cheaply, too thick, too thick black borders on screen, properly fugly and dysfunctional front notch camera (faceid doesn't work half the time, ie when its dimmer, with masks etc), you will lose pattern unlock for good, there is no fingerprint scanner under the display, battery is average (meaning really not impressive despite thickness like its 2015). Apple supports only basic bluetooth protocol so any properly good headphones will have slightly worse sound. iOS is fast but rather poorly architected (I understand a lot of this is down to what folks are used to, but stuff she showed me that annoys her is outright poor engineering and step down from current Android in usability).

The way its done and architected insults your intellect constantly, "we know better what you want/need than you, and you have no say/options".

You can argue its not for power users, but my wife is exactly that - just a normal user who just wants to use the phone. For long term android user devices like comparable Samsung galaxy is simply much nicer device to use. She likes her 5 year old Samsung much more than new Apple. So much for wow factor.

At this point we both regret getting it, she for paying for it and me for recommending it. The only benefit is decent resale value. Since this is mostly US forum I expect to be grilled for this, but this is proper long term android user's point of view, who gave recently Apple device a chance and regrets it.

It's inevitable, and my WiFi monitoring is intended not to find out what sites he visits (I don't care that much about that) but set up to notify me if he's found a way to bypass my nightime blocking and is doing what he did before, and playing video games in the dead of night. And it's still not foolproof. He can theoretically hack a neighbor's wifi, although the weak signal isn't ideal for gaming.

I've educated him on the addictive nature of both games and apps, and he's more aware of the signs of addiction now, but that doesn't mean he won't "relapse" back to it.

I can't prove this without a scientific study to generate truly empirical data, but my theory as to why "boys are in crisis" and aren't graduating high school at same rates as girls involves video game addiction. A shockingly large percentage of my son's male friends get bad grades when they really shouldn't be. They live in stable, higher income homes, but have overly permissive/clueless parents. I'm a parent in a carpool, and I've been shocked at how many times a kid gets in my car and tells my son he was up all night playing games behind his parents back. In fact, this just happened 2 days ago. I picked up a kid, and he told my son he was up all night playing the newly released Overwatch 2 game. His grades suck. I can't help but think sleep deprivation is a huge part of this.

The issue is not that battery degrades, it is that their phones could not handle it and shut off when charge still remained. 2 years is a very little time. None of the devices with batteries I had exhibited that behavior. And I have devices that are over 5 years old in regular use.

It’s not faulty devices, and a quick google search will show you that cell phone batteries have a lifespan of 2-3 years in average.