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 😔

  • Anonymousllama@lemmy.worldEnglish
    313·
    1 year ago

    Great clickbait title from them. This is a US / NA specific issue and thankfully isn’t fully reflective everywhere else

    • original2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      It is a thing in the UK… Lots of people have the iPhone 14 pro and call me poor for using android (I don’t even use android I use Ubuntu touch). Granted it’s just poncy twats but alot of people do have a bit of a superiority complex.