I can vouch for this 100% of the way. It's almost more uncommon to see someone with a phone that isn't an android phone or iPhone in High School. Glad to be a statistic.
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One-Third of U.S. High School Students Now Own an iPhone
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I believe it-- and I doubt most of those are the free 3GSes either.
You sound like that guy from the Heritage Foundation.
You sound like that guy from the Heritage Foundation.
I wonder how many low income and high crime rate schools districts they included in their survey?
If they did, to compensate, these percentages in the schools in rich neighborhoods must be stratospheric!
If they did, to compensate, these percentages in the schools in rich neighborhoods must be stratospheric!
Well you can't say there's *no* poverty in the US - impoverished people just account for a very small portion of our population.
In any case, I think it's the cheaper data plans that made the difference. The price of the phone isn't really that significant (and most teens I know usually have the latest version). But $25/month is easier to deal with than $40/month for most families (prices being $10/line + data plan) - especially if multiple kids are involved.
I don't have statistics to back it up... but I find that a significant portion of iPhone (well smartphones in general) buyers are those who probably shouldn't buy one in the first place. As in people who have household incomes of $40k or so, are living paycheck to paycheck, and have massive credit card debt. My "rich" friends were probably the last of my friends to finally make the switch.
it confuses me when people say "oh they are so lucky to have all this & that today" the simple fact of the matter is 10-15 years ago even mobile phones where still fairly a expensive device and I would find it odd if a student was able to afford something like an Apple Newton at that time unless they where very well off. Costs have come down in the tech world massively that is why we have the major increase amongst young people if costs had stayed high computers would still be like they where in the 1960s. Un-user friendly, unaffordable and meant for business.
I found an old (Curry's) computer magazine tucked away in a cupboard from around 1999 when we were moving house a couple of years back the prices of the computers was rather extreme. The cheapest laptop in the magazine was a Compaq laptop for like like £1395 and for that you got like 32MB RAM & a 2GB Hard drive. I think the most expensive laptop was a Sony Vaio being about 4 grand. So in comparison today costs have come down dramatically.
I found an old (Curry's) computer magazine tucked away in a cupboard from around 1999 when we were moving house a couple of years back the prices of the computers was rather extreme. The cheapest laptop in the magazine was a Compaq laptop for like like £1395 and for that you got like 32MB RAM & a 2GB Hard drive. I think the most expensive laptop was a Sony Vaio being about 4 grand. So in comparison today costs have come down dramatically.
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True, there are "some" poor, but nowhere near as many as some people would have you believe (i.e. people who have political agendas revolving around such things).
Wow. Now assume that everyone who buys a smartphone never goes back to not having a smartphone. So as these kids get older, are we going to get the point where 30% or 40% of all of the U.S. is an iPhone user? And they are replacing their phone every three years? Hmm, quick calculation . . . So Apple could be doing 30 or 40 million in iPhone sales just in the U.S. each year.
With similar uptake in other rich countries, we could be looking at hundreds of millions of iPhones sold each year. Presumably the other companies will eventually make a more compelling phone. But if they don't, I think this is where we are headed. People want smartphones. The market is as large as the entire human population which has the necessary disposable income to buy quality technology devices. If Apple continues to dominate this market, it will hit $1,000 per share price.
With similar uptake in other rich countries, we could be looking at hundreds of millions of iPhones sold each year. Presumably the other companies will eventually make a more compelling phone. But if they don't, I think this is where we are headed. People want smartphones. The market is as large as the entire human population which has the necessary disposable income to buy quality technology devices. If Apple continues to dominate this market, it will hit $1,000 per share price.
Shouldn't the headline be: One third of high school students are provided iPhones by their parents?Most of them don't own jack *****.
i find that rather stereotypical in a way lol. Yes my parents have done a lot for me, but I still work just to help me through University for odds and ends etc. If peoples parents are willing to get certain things for their kids and have the disposable income to do so whats wrong with that? I certainly wouldn't complain lol.
The irony is if you had mega rich parents that only indulged on themselves you'd consider them bad & thoughtless parents, however when some better off parents do decided to treat their kids to something really nice and rather extravagant they would be then classed as spoiling their kids amongst others, so you can't win
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this low cost of entry crap - is crap.
It matters little if the phone $49, $149, or 1 penny.
It's the life-over-contract that matters - what's that about $2000?
Any student who doesn't understand the long term contract consequences ( in USA) of the phone, and not the initial price, is in for a lesson!
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It matters little if the phone $49, $149, or 1 penny.
It's the life-over-contract that matters - what's that about $2000?
Any student who doesn't understand the long term contract consequences ( in USA) of the phone, and not the initial price, is in for a lesson!
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"maybe" but at some point the market will be saturated, kids will get bored of everyone using the same thing and something more "amazing" will come along. i wonder what the next big player will be, just look at what happened to nokia.
Shouldn't the headline be: One third of high school students are provided iPhones by their parents?
Some do have after school jobs to help pay for the cell phone bill. But you are right that most kids are probably getting the phones from their parents as well as having the cell phone bill paid by their parents. It is not too expensive to add another line to a plan and give the kids a free 3GS.
The problem that Nokia has/had is that it did not react to changes in the market. It just sat back and watched while the rest of the industry changed. There was an article not too long ago it stated that Nokia lost 1/3 of its customer base when it switched from Symbian to MS Windows mobile.
Sample pool is too small. But encouraging (as an AAPL owner) to see that they're getting into the iOS ecosystem early.
Now that I think about it, I wonder how many of these kids owned an iPod Touch before they owned an iPhone? So many pre-teens own Touches, and if Apple can retain those customers for life, that's bodes well for Apple's continued growth.
Now that I think about it, I wonder how many of these kids owned an iPod Touch before they owned an iPhone? So many pre-teens own Touches, and if Apple can retain those customers for life, that's bodes well for Apple's continued growth.
The financial ignorance this implies is deeply disturbing.
The financial ignorance this implies is deeply disturbing. That the down-payment for an very high priced device has encouraged so much wasteful spending should bother us all. That this is happening to our children is atrocious.
Unfortunately, advertisements as well as this forum, continue to obscure the true price paid for Apple's iPhone by ignoring the monthly loan payments incorporated in the carrier's bill.
As you may have read, the iPhone is no where near as popular in Europe where carrier subsidies are rare and users have to pay for the phone upfront.
The iPhone is excellent technology, but it does come at a real price. Obscuring its price adds to Apple's sales but hurts our fellow citizens and, in this story, our children.
The financial ignorance this implies is deeply disturbing. That the down-payment for an very high priced device has encouraged so much wasteful spending should bother us all. That this is happening to our children is atrocious.
Unfortunately, advertisements as well as this forum, continue to obscure the true price paid for Apple's iPhone by ignoring the monthly loan payments incorporated in the carrier's bill.
As you may have read, the iPhone is no where near as popular in Europe where carrier subsidies are rare and users have to pay for the phone upfront.
The iPhone is excellent technology, but it does come at a real price. Obscuring its price adds to Apple's sales but hurts our fellow citizens and, in this story, our children.
$49 3GS aside, mommy and daddy are still paying the data plans on these. The simple explanation for how many of these people can afford to pay the data plans for their kid's phone is: they really can't, but they do it anyways. It's called sacrificing retirement/financial well being, and living in the "now", which is what Americans do best nowadays. My direct family fits this bill. No retirement savings or financial planning in the least, but gotta have those smart phones, iPads, cable, etc. That's why when I get asked for money I almost always say no.
What is that app in the middle?
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I am a student in college and the middle app in the picture for this post looks amazing! Does anyone know what it is?
you mean the same way apple still hasnt adapted the bigger screen sizes that clearly are the future of smartphones? apple is doing just that ... "we are number one, lets sit on our throne and just tweak around a little" iphone 4S anyone? it may work for now but it wont forever. i'd like to be proven other wise with the iPhone 5 but i'm not giving my hopes up for something REVOLUTIONARY anytime soon
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