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 😔

  • zikk_transport2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    The fact that shitty phones are allowed to exist is definitely a positive thing.

    How is this a positive thing?

    Because that allows choice.

    Isn’t my point about advocating Google to enforce choice? You are focusing on part of my message about quality requirements.

    Just do your research and don’t buy that shitty one to begin with. Unless it’s all you can afford, in which case, it probably costs less than a third of the cheapest iPhone.

    Lorem ipsum bla bla bla. I already have Pixel 7p and I have no issues with it. However, someone would buy a random smartphone that does not work, lags like hell, sees that it’s utterly slow and decodes to swap to iphone. Boom - iPhone is better than Android! I assume that’s why lots of people prefer iphones over android.

    • SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think people can handle the idea that a phone is not its operating system. It’s pretty obvious a $30 product is not equivalent to a $900 product. People have understood that since currency was invented