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 😔

  • teranex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    652·
    1 year ago

    I think that is mostly a US thing, as I see way more Androids in Europe than iPhones. But I could be wrong

      • doc@kbin.social
        11·
        1 year ago

        Yep. Primary chat protocol is still SMS. The general population hasn’t latched on to WhatsApp or others like many countries have.

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        We like to think that but if you want to reach people who are on Whatsapp you’re gonna have to install Whatsapp. And the other way around, if people have a group for whatever (plan a group outing, kids’ soccer team, tenants’ association etc.) on Whatsapp and one person is not on Whatsapp, tough luck buddy, they get left out.

        Apple framed it as an “iPhone vs Android” issue for their own reasons but the larger issue (social network peer pressure) is very much a thing in Europe too.

    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Judging by the amount of times I hear the same ringtone as mine, I think where I live in the UK is about 70-80% Samsung Android phones.

    • Skimmer@lemmy.zipEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      100%, I’ve lived both in the US and Europe, and Androids are definitely more prevalent in Europe than in the US.

    • electrogamerman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Definitely not in Germany, I think. People here are obsessed with apple. But im not native German, so maybe im wrong.