Piper: More than half of teens own an iPhone, iPad immensely popular

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  • Reply 21 of 45
    melgrossmelgross Posts: 33,687member
    I hate to be the one saying it (Gatorguy, where are you when we need you?), but those charts don't look all that great for Apple. It's one thing if you just look at the last date, but the trends don't look good. iPad use is going down rapidly. iPhone use not as much.
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  • Reply 22 of 45
    gordygordy Posts: 1,004member
    apple ][ wrote: »
    That's exactly what I've always been saying. Far too much emphasis is placed on people with no money. Who cares about them? They have no purchasing power and they are pretty much irrelevant. Apple is far too busy selling devices to people who have money, than to bother with those who do not. What kind of a business strategy is that? To target customers who have no money? That's not exactly a lucrative market. Android and friends already has that no profit market covered. 
    Harsh words, but absolutely true. Anyone can sell a phone with a BOGO sales pitch.
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  • Reply 23 of 45
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by melgross View Post



    I hate to be the one saying it (Gatorguy, where are you when we need you?), but those charts don't look all that great for Apple. It's one thing if you just look at the last date, but the trends don't look good. iPad use is going down rapidly. iPhone use not as much.

     

    I think that the charts look pretty great for Apple. The majority of teens desire Apple products. iPad Mini ownership is obviously on the way up, since the Mini did not exist before. Combined, iPad + iPad Mini is at 68%, while Android is stuck at the same 23% as the last quarter and the Kindle is down also.

     

    The tablet market hasn't gotten any smaller, it's just that more cheap players are entering the market. They pose zero threat to Apple, as Apple is going to keep on selling a ton of iPads, especially with the new ones coming soon. Apple was the first with the iPad, and began the whole current tablet mania. You can only go one way when you begin with an almost 100% marketshare.

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  • Reply 24 of 45
    splifsplif Posts: 603member

    It's pretty simple, really. Talk down a successful company. Make the stock price drop down. Buy stock. Talk up the company. Make money.

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  • Reply 25 of 45
    droidftwdroidftw Posts: 1,009member
    I'd imagine these figures scale pretty well for college aged kids too. At the campus near me I'd say a little over half have iPhones. iPhones and Beats by Dre over-the-ear headphones is a very common pairing on campus.
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  • Reply 26 of 45
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    Originally Posted by Apple ][ View Post

     

     

    That's exactly what I've always been saying. Far too much emphasis is placed on people with no money. Who cares about them? They have no purchasing power and they are pretty much irrelevant. Apple is far too busy selling devices to people who have money, than to bother with those who do not. What kind of a business strategy is that? To target customers who have no money? That's not exactly a lucrative market. Android and friends already has that no profit market covered. 


     

    Whether one emphasizes people with no money, they exist, and stating that 50% of all teens is simply a lie. Even without including low SES, the PJ survey is frankly BS. There is no way in hell this number makes any sense. Over 50% of 13-19 years olds have iDevices -- you've got to blowing smoke up your arss to buy this stat. 

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  • Reply 27 of 45
    ireland wrote: »
    US ? World

    Please say more than half of US teens.

    US = 25% of world economy. US probably equals double that percentage of the smartphone-relevant world economy.

    God bless Ireland, but it's possibly a bit of a rounding error, global economy-wise.
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  • Reply 28 of 45
    What about Windows Phone?
    What about Steve Ballmer's kids? Did no one survey them?
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  • Reply 29 of 45
    pscooter63 wrote: »
    No young person I know is content with their non-iPhone.  Apple products are the nadir.

    Nadir!? Or Zenith?

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nadir

    PS: I see that a couple of others beat me to it.
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  • Reply 30 of 45
    Whether one emphasizes people with no money, they exist, and stating that 50% of all teens is simply a lie. Even without including low SES, the PJ survey is frankly BS. There is no way in hell this number makes any sense. Over 50% of 13-19 years olds have iDevices -- you've got to blowing smoke up your arss to buy this stat. 

    If you apply common sense... It's X% OF THOSE SURVEYED and REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE WHO MATCH THE SURVEY CRITERIA. If you read statistical analyses and don't think in those terms, you are misleading yourself.
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  • Reply 31 of 45

    ...and that piece of ice will soon be gone.

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  • Reply 32 of 45
    zozmanzozman Posts: 393member

    Not surprised, at all.

    Many people want iPads.

    I have 2, my brother has one, my mum has one, my dad has one, my step mum has one, my little sister has one, so does my step brother.

    If shocked my cat doesn't have one, bet he thinks he's getting one for christmas :P 

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  • Reply 33 of 45
    pendergastpendergast Posts: 1,358member
    melgross wrote: »
    I hate to be the one saying it (Gatorguy, where are you when we need you?), but those charts don't look all that great for Apple. It's one thing if you just look at the last date, but the trends don't look good. iPad use is going down rapidly. iPhone use not as much.

    Make sure you include the iPad mini in there. It is broken out separately.
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  • Reply 34 of 45
    pendergastpendergast Posts: 1,358member
    Whether one emphasizes people with no money, they exist, and stating that 50% of all teens is simply a lie. Even without including low SES, the PJ survey is frankly BS. There is no way in hell this number makes any sense. Over 50% of 13-19 years olds have iDevices -- you've got to blowing smoke up your arss to buy this stat. 

    Why doesn't it? Apple has approaching 50% market share in smart devices in the U.S.

    I imagine the "Own an iPhone" is qualified as a percentage of (middle class and up) teens who own a smart phone.
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  • Reply 35 of 45
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    Billions of activations though........billions and billions and billions of activations......millions per second.......essentially every person in the entire world activates an Android phone every day............Android is more secure than iPhone..........iPhone is only for old people............trust me

    The only true explanation of the billions of Android activations every minute of the day is Google have discovered life on several other planets and Scamsung are sending them there. This also explains the shipment numbers. :D
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  • Reply 36 of 45
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    zozman wrote: »
    Not surprised, at all.
    Many people want iPads.
    I have 2, my brother has one, my mum has one, my dad has one, my step mum has one, my little sister has one, so does my step brother.

    If shocked my cat doesn't have one, bet he thinks he's getting one for christmas :P 

    Now there is a great idea, an iPad app for a cat, 'catch the mouse' ... plus bringing a mouse to the iPad would make headline news too! ;)
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  • Reply 37 of 45
    basjhjbasjhj Posts: 97member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by digitalclips View Post





    Now there is a great idea, an iPad app for a cat, 'catch the mouse' ... plus bringing a mouse to the iPad would make headline news too! image

     

    http://bit.ly/16wVNbq ;)

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  • Reply 38 of 45
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    If you want to make a 15 year old girl cry this Xmas, give her a phone that is something other than an iPhone!

    And while your at it, give her a tablet that is something other than an iPad.

    One can just imagine some really (politically incorrect) cruel TV ads. Sad, teenager sitting in corner trying to hide the fact she only has an Android phone .... "What are you doing BettyMay?" "Nothing just looking for my makeup" ... hides Android in handbag while calling ... "Pa, please, I have to have an iPhone I can't go on like this ... "
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  • Reply 39 of 45
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    basjhj wrote: »

    OMG LOL. I was kidding. I have to get that.
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  • Reply 40 of 45
    If you go to any of your local high schools and/or colleges you will see confirmation of this. Those that don't have them are typically those that want them (the iPhone). Many of the Android phone users have a specific need that drives them that way...bigger screen, more hardware options, customization levels that exceed iOS, non iTunes ecosystem ect...
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