(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 😔
Maybe they could improve more than 1-2 tiny things that have already been implemented by Android phones 5 years ago. That might help them sell a few more, although it would cut into their “new” features the following year. Oh, I know! Take something away! That always gets them a lot of exposure. Maybe a phone without speakers this time?
That would actually be great. Fewer douchbags having speakerphone conversations in public