A recent survey of teens found that 87% have iPhones, and don’t plan to switch. They have their reasons.

(unpaywalled version on archive.today: https://archive.ph/03cwZ)

Interesting figure that comes out of the article: 87% of US teens prefer iPhones. Also the explanations given aren’t quite surprising, I guess it’s mostly because of iMessage. Teens will feel like outcasts if they get an Android phone while their friends still use iMessage because of the green bubbles.

It’s actually hilarious how we allowed consumerism to take us this far and that we have now peer pressure over smartphones.

“You’re telling me in 2023, you still have a ’Droid? […] You gotta be at least 50 years old.”

ouch 😔

  • @cbarrick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    56•2 years ago

    No one gives a shit which phone you have.

    In high school, they absolutely do.

    Like, the epitome of the high school experience is social peer pressure about dumb shit.

    And this can have a huge effect on the market in 5 years time.

    • andreas_retsisEnglish
      11•2 years ago

      as a high schooler (outside of america) my friends mostly have androids, I’m not saying they are better, just saying that they are more common

    • @miss_brainfart@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      God, the memories you just unlocked

      There was this one guy at school who one day rocked up with his new Windows Phone, that was the cool, new thing then.
      When I came up to him and told him he wasn’t going to be the only one with a 4" Amoled screen, he was devastated

      Man, we were stupid

    • @notasandwich1948@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      this must be a us thing, I’d say over half the people have in Ireland have iPhones but nobody cares really, if anything my custom rommed Poco f3 has gotten a bit of interest from a few friends