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 😔

  • @ZakEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    Just off the top of my head…

    • High-quality media (SMS/MMS has low size limits)
    • No cost for international messaging
    • Works on WiFi without cell reception
    • Delivery notifications let you know the message wasn’t lost; read notifications are also an option, but some people turn them off for privacy
    • Many have desktop clients so you can type on a real keyboard when you’re at a computer (there are sync solutions for SMS with additional software)
    • If you care about mass surveillance (I think you should), several chat apps use strong cryptography