Many readers hear will probably not believe this, but based on my Junior daughter's observations, all her friends want/have iPhones. The reason, "they have the best case selections by far!" One of her friends has at least 12 cases, she changes them like outfits.
This theory might not be exclusive to the HS age either. My 34 year old sister in law who is married to Apple hater and has an S3 admitted to me that she wished she had and iPhone because they have so many cool cases.
Since most cases are still available for 4/4s, In my opinion, It is possible this is slowing the upgrades to the 5 and may be part of the reason the 4 and 4s are still selling very well.
I think the tech media and people who read boards like this one, will have trouble believing it, but I think is a much bigger factor than some new feature, speed or size. I would love to see Piper do a survey on case availability as a factor in the purchase decision.
Yeah, if you're listening to idiotic analysts out there you must think everybody's using Galaxy phones by now. But in fact, many celebrities are using iPhone. Bill Murray's using one. Blackberry's ambassador's using one. Even a famous porn actress in Japan is using one. :O
Many readers hear will probably not believe this, but based on my Junior daughter's observations, all her friends want/have iPhones. The reason, "they have the best case selections by far!" One of her friends has at least 12 cases, she changes them like outfits.
This theory might not be exclusive to the HS age either. My 34 year old sister in law who is married to Apple hater and has an S3 admitted to me that she wished she had and iPhone because they have so many cool cases.
Since most cases are still available for 4/4s, In my opinion, It is possible this is slowing the upgrades to the 5 and may be part of the reason the 4 and 4s are still selling very well.
I think the tech media and people who read boards like this one, will have trouble believing it, but I think is a much bigger factor than some new feature, speed or size. I would love to see Piper do a survey on case availability as a factor in the purchase decision.
Wow... I never thought about cases before... that's a very good observation!
I work in dance studios... so I'm around teens all the time. Almost every single smartphone in kid's and parent's hands is an iPhone. It's crazy. And yes... the variety of cases is astounding.
Also... the little brothers are playing games on the iPod Touch while waiting for their sister to get out of dance class.
I know the US is only a small part of the worldwide picture... but Apple is definitely very strong here.
Yeah, if you're listening to idiotic analysts out there you must think everybody's using Galaxy phones by now. But in fact, many celebrities are using iPhone. Bill Murray's using one. Blackberry's ambassador's using one. Even a famous porn actress in Japan is using one. :O
The Galaxy line is Samsung's best-selling product line. However... it's not flagship phones like the Galaxy SIII that make up most of their sales.
Last quarter Samsung sold 63 million smartphones... but only 15 million were the Galaxy SIII. That's less than 1/4
Even if you added up all the Galaxy SII, SII and Galaxy Notes... that still might only be 1/3 of Samsung's smartphone sales.
The poll included a larger percentage of high-income teens than there is in the general population and no teens from low income families. The title is completely inaccurate. Should be 'teens from well off families', not ALL teens. The conclusion in the title and article is bogus. The message is wrong, please fix the title of this article. There are teens and families that can't or choose not to afford iPhones and other such luxuries for their teens. Parent's and teens don't need this pressure about have and have not. There are more important things in life that then 'best' gadgets.
The poll included a larger percentage of high-income teens than there is in the general population and no teens from low income families. The title is completely inaccurate. Should be 'teens from well off families', not ALL teens.
Teens on welfare have iPhones. Preteens on welfare have iPhones.
The numbers of desire are reflective of the entirety. The numbers of planning, probably a little less.
But hey, ANYONE can "plan" to get something, so I'd actually assume they're spot on.
Parent's and teens don't need this pressure about have and have not.
Then maybe they should stop fabricating it on their own, huh?
Looking at the "What OS is likely to be on your next phone" numbers, what is the 2% Other? I know I'm forgetting something obvious -- but I just can't think of what it is.
Well that would be that there are other off brand OSs that few people have and all of them combined are two percent.
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This theory might not be exclusive to the HS age either. My 34 year old sister in law who is married to Apple hater and has an S3 admitted to me that she wished she had and iPhone because they have so many cool cases.
Since most cases are still available for 4/4s, In my opinion, It is possible this is slowing the upgrades to the 5 and may be part of the reason the 4 and 4s are still selling very well.
I think the tech media and people who read boards like this one, will have trouble believing it, but I think is a much bigger factor than some new feature, speed or size. I would love to see Piper do a survey on case availability as a factor in the purchase decision.
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Originally Posted by jpvn
i thought no body wanted iPhones anymore?
I guess we wont here about this on manbc
Yeah, if you're listening to idiotic analysts out there you must think everybody's using Galaxy phones by now. But in fact, many celebrities are using iPhone. Bill Murray's using one. Blackberry's ambassador's using one. Even a famous porn actress in Japan is using one. :O
Wow... I never thought about cases before... that's a very good observation!
I work in dance studios... so I'm around teens all the time. Almost every single smartphone in kid's and parent's hands is an iPhone. It's crazy. And yes... the variety of cases is astounding.
Also... the little brothers are playing games on the iPod Touch while waiting for their sister to get out of dance class.
I know the US is only a small part of the worldwide picture... but Apple is definitely very strong here.
The Galaxy line is Samsung's best-selling product line. However... it's not flagship phones like the Galaxy SIII that make up most of their sales.
Last quarter Samsung sold 63 million smartphones... but only 15 million were the Galaxy SIII. That's less than 1/4
Even if you added up all the Galaxy SII, SII and Galaxy Notes... that still might only be 1/3 of Samsung's smartphone sales.
So what's left?
Here's a Galaxy phone in India: Samsung Galaxy Y S5360
It retails for around $128
Yeah... it's phones like those that make up most of Samsung's sales... and most of Android's phenomenal market share.
Hilarious. That phone is still running Gingerbread. Fragmentation, anyone?
Originally Posted by danm
The poll included a larger percentage of high-income teens than there is in the general population and no teens from low income families. The title is completely inaccurate. Should be 'teens from well off families', not ALL teens.
Teens on welfare have iPhones. Preteens on welfare have iPhones.
The numbers of desire are reflective of the entirety. The numbers of planning, probably a little less.
But hey, ANYONE can "plan" to get something, so I'd actually assume they're spot on.
Parent's and teens don't need this pressure about have and have not.
Then maybe they should stop fabricating it on their own, huh?
Well I guess I fall into the have one category.