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By your own definition, how are kids with iPhones cool? They're the choice of old people everywhere. Every teen I see has some sort of jazzed up Android (phable
by scurvy 9y ago
By your own definition, how are kids with iPhones cool? They're the choice of old people everywhere. Every teen I see has some sort of jazzed up Android (phablet).
It's like the Porsche 911. Great car, but definitely not cool. 3/4 of the people driving them are of retirement age. Definitely not cool by any stretch of the imagination.
- macintux 9y agoGranted, this is a year old now, but the data doesn't match your assertion, at least in the US. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2016/04/13/apple-market-share-teenage-young/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2016/04/13/apple-mar...
- scurvy 9y ago70% of kids can't be hip and cool. It's a numbers game where being the winner means losing cool cred. For example, do your parents have iPhones? Anything your parents are into instantly loses cool.
- mattkevan 9y agoNot necessarily. A few years ago Blackberry, the corporate phone of choice, was super-cool with teenagers. After the London riots there were lots of breathless articles about the menace of BBM and how the yoof were using it to plan their mischief.
- digi_owl 9y agoBecause BB messaging was exempt from data caps etc thanks to agreements between Blackberry and carriers. I have seen similar outcomes when carriers have introduced unlimited calling plans "because teens only text", only for said teens to switch to calling en mass.