(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 😔
I like my iPhone… but that’s because I’m used to Apple stuff, and I can get a good deal on the things. Judging people is stupid. You gotta admit, the Galaxy Z Flip is pretty damn cool.
I hear a lot of iPhone users in agreement that that phone is one of the first ones that has made them even briefly consider what life on the other side would be like.
But all of them also say they’ll just wait for Apple to do it. I’m not convinced they will, but only time will tell.
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That’s when you give them a flip phone then see how they feel about the android when they earn it back.
Because flaunting your smug and condescending sense of superiority using outdated technology will really get your point across to disaffected teens.
How about we let that mindset die with the boomer generation?
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Only very stupid people think that brands are really important
87% of americans is not a surprising number…
87% of teens. I’m surprised it’s not a higher number. Have you seen teens? They’re right stupid
Brands have been always important to teenagers.
Now you’re getting it
That’s what he said.
Teenagers, as a group, are very stupid people.
I am sorry :(
For what? Being a teenager? Nah. I used to be a teenager. I was very stupid.
Don´t be - we all have been there <3
You pay over $1000 for a iPhone? Pretty fucking cringe if I do say so.
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Teens will feel like outcasts if they get an Android phone while their friends still use iMessage because of the green bubbles.
So I’ve heard this sentiment a lot, and at one point it certainly was true, but are teens still texting these days at all? I swear almost everyone moved to instant messaging over Snapchat, Instagram, Discord, etc.
The article is obviously about US teens. In Europe it does indeed feel out of touch.
From these stats it seems 17% of US adults use iMessage. Also from Android Authority:
The key to understanding the green bubble phenomenon is found in a survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The research highlights huge growth in recent US iPhone sales in the 18-24 age bracket. Gen Z iPhone adoption has jumped from 47% in 2018 to 74% in 2021 — meanwhile, ownership rose slightly from 34% to 40% in the same period for those over 24. Internal Apple research claims that iPhone users predominantly use iMessage (85% of users) and so iMessage’s US user base continues to grow. This is especially so in younger age groups — and with it, the pressure to keep using the same platform as their peers.
Anecdote: The local high school I see nearly no one using the built in text messaging system. WhatsApp is the thing I see most often. Quite a few use Signal.
I have even heard once that, “You use iMessage to text your parents or your FBI agent.”
So you may be on to something. But obvious YMMV in general.
Some of them at least known what’s up and got the attitude to express it! Love it!
…what? In the US? Weird, every single person I’ve ever known in my 24 years of living in this country exclusively uses iMessage, unless they’re from another country ofc.
It’s as I guessed: bullying people due to Apple’s choice to segregate iMessage and not use open source standards.
Imagine taking the wall street journal seriously
It’s US only so it doesn’t matter to the rest of the world. I don’t understand how it became like that there.
Why would I care what teens think? Android gives me more control over my phone.
You don’t personally have to, but some of us have kids who will have to deal with this nonsense, and the social pressure on teens is hard enough.
Because their opinion will decide what we will be using in decade or two.
Touch luck world, i will be too out of touch to care. Full boomerism here i come!
I don’t think you’re supposed to have your opinion swayed by what teens think but it is important to know what they think because they reflect future trends and ideals.
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Who’s they in this context?
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Bold of you to assume that just because a product is better, it will overtake Android.
I love ruining your group chats!
Conspicuous consumption in a nutshell.
Great clickbait title from them. This is a US / NA specific issue and thankfully isn’t fully reflective everywhere else
Not an American and couldn’t care less about the scene there lmao the rest of the world uses Android
But WHY? God I can not understand why someone would willingly use iOS. I have both an Android and iPhone and every time I pick up the iPhone I wonder why anyone would use this willingly.
