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76% of U.S. Teens Surveyed Using iPhones, 81% Plan to Purchase
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Really? Have you seen any speed test comparisons? How many months do you suppose the latest Android malware on it will be supported? lol
I don't give a **** about some video on Youtube. I've used them both side by side. The A7 is faster in day to day use than my 6+ is. And since the A7 came out in Summer 2016 and went from 6 to 7 to 7.1.1 I'd say it will be supported for a while now. My previous Android phone, a GS5 went from 4.x to 5 and to 6, about the same as, say a 4s (what was sold at the time).
Keep up the nonsense. It is quite comical
Keep telling yourself that lol I haven't seen one legit speed test where the iPhone loses. #lagg
Those iPhone Ownership numbers correlate (well) to who is actually using the iOS App Store, at least here in the States ... specifically, ~80% are teenagers ... Apple knows this, and thats why you see Emojis, Stickers & GIFs in their TV commercials ... NOT Rocket Science, but most have NO clue.
...or these devices and the suckers who buy them not abandoned by the manufacturer as soon as the cash is in hand.
When mommy and daddy are footing the bill, everyone wants an iPhone! When the kiddies finally are pushed out on their own (or at least into the basement), suddenly that cheaper Android looks a whole lot more attractive!
As long as people agree that the only reason to buy android is price
Some of the new cheaper android phones from China are shockingly quite good. I still would not recommend them to a teenager. A lot of teens find their peer groups are at various stages on Apple devices. Some have access only to older iPhones. Some are still only on IPods or old family hand me down or shared iPads. The common denominator for all of these devices is iMessage. So a kid with the latest and greatest iPhone can still keep in touch with friends on older phones or Apple devices that are not even phones at all.
That, more than any "coolness factor" is why I see so many people-- young and older, gravitate toward iPhones. Texting on Androids, at least in the USA, is still a far from settled business. Google has made such a hash out of it.
I can be disgusted with Tim Cook all I like, and a budding Android fan girl, but that doesn't change the fact that Apple products are still ubiquitous in the USA and kids will find themselves shut out of some avenues of communication if they go with Android.
LOL. I've got the proof - both side by side. The 6+ is slower hands down. But that's to be expected with a 2 year old device vs a "new" device. What was a shocker was how much better the GS5 performed vs the iPhone 6+. IMHO it has to do with the RAM - the wife's 6s is very speedy.
Yes that's one factor, but that isn't the complete reason. A 5s is still a finely designed piece of electronics. It's gorgeous. It's a 64 bit device that is updatable to the newest iOS 10. It's less prone to malware than Android. Kids aren't stupid or blind. They know all of this.
Like I said, keep telling yourself that lol whatever makes you feel better about what you have!
ATARI Mainframe or an infinite-state machine named Dvorak...? (If you ever played Chaos Theory of course.)
Have you actually used an Android 7 phone with a quad core processor and 4GB RAM? Didn't think so. I didn't think a $400 phone could be this good either.
Just google speed tests and see the results for yourself and quit fooling yourself.
I love when random people pull the "you haven't used a recent android phone you wouldn't know." Like, yes, I have lol
During High School, I bought my first iPhone (iPhone 6) outright at the Apple Store on launch day. I worked my grocery store job all summer to save up $1000 to get a 64 GB phone and a case, plus pay for the plan.
Most kids can't do it, because their priorities are elsewhere, whether it be sports or a car or a girlfriend. Mine were just focused on tech products, which is why I didn't have my own car, or play sports. I'd wager that most high school kids with jobs could do it, it's just a matter of where their spending/saving is focused.
No surprise there. The iPhone is an iconic device and is basically synonymous with the term "smartphone" in popular culture. Many teens would prefer to have an older iPhone over even the newest Android devices. Now with virtually all carriers now doing the $0 upfront payment plans, it's even easier for parents to get their kids the latest devices without giving up too much upfront cash.
Hasn't it been a couple years since carriers dropped contracts (and thus subsidized) prices? Have flagship smartphone sales fallen off a cliff as a result? I haven't noticed it.
Carriers now offer payment plans and tell you how much the phone will cost per month.
iPhone 7 starts at $27 a month. That's neither unmanageable nor is it out of line with other flagship phones. It's just the new normal.
There's this (strange) idea that when carriers dropped contracts and subsidies the result is "ZOMG nobody will be able to afford $800 phones!!!!"
But nothing really changed.
When the subsidized "$199" iPhone disappeared... the $27/mo iPhone took its place. And people kept buying them.
Sure... if the only way to get an iPhone was to produce $800 on the spot... then yeah... I can see people switching to cheaper phones.
But you never had to pay the full retail price of a phone. Then or now. There were always solutions.
Then it was contracts and subsidies... now it's payment plans.
The result is still the same though: you get to walk out of the store with a new phone without a huge outlay of cash.
Haha, I feel like I can still connect to this generation. I was pretty psyched to pay a premium to buy my iPod 3rd Generation (my first Apple product) back in 2003. I wasn't about to buy some cheap-ass MP3 player, I wanted the iPod. Loved that thing. Can still remember the orange light behind those 4 touch-based buttons... Touch wheel, not a click wheel...
If you're that embarrassed to own one and it shakes you emotionally to the core, get a different phone that makes you feel more mature.