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 😔

  • smellythief@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    teenagers reading this, you probably don’t have the money to be shaping the decisions of megacorps

    But the parents who buy teenagers’ phones do.

    • Skates@feddit.nlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Parents can make informed decisions based on pros and cons, or cost vs value. And they can teach their kid how to do it as well, so they have a skill for later in life when it’ll be necessary.

      Or they can buy the more expensive thing just so the kid shuts up, I guess that’s also an option when parenting is too hard.