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Good job signaling that both you and your social circles have a certain degree of affluence. I live in the SFBA, hang out with people at all income levels, and

Good job signaling that both you and your social circles have a certain degree of affluence. I live in the SFBA, hang out with people at all income levels, and I'd say over 70% use Android. Among richer people it's more 50-50. It's pretty easy to get USB-C chargers among my friends.

scarface74 7y ago
Almost anyone can afford an iPhone. All four major carriers and Apple offer no interest payment plans. Spread over 24 months, the difference between an iPhone and an Android phone is negligible. If having an iPhone is a symbol of “affluence”, half of the US is affluent. Your anecdotal evidence doesn’t jibe with broader statistics. Edit: For complete transparency, I am seeing ranges from 42% - 50% market share in the US depending on the site. https://www.statista.com/statistics/236550/percentage-of-us-population-that-own-a-iphone-smartphone/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/236550/percentage-of-us-...
- damnyou 7y ago
  Correct, the US is the richest country on earth. In the rest of the world Androids are more popular. I guarantee you that if most of your friends have iPhones, your friends' incomes are probably on the higher end, statistically. Don't those payment plans require good credit, anyway? A lot of my friends don't have that.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    Not “good credit” just “not horrible credit”. But, after you have been a customer for awhile for a carrier, they take your on time bill payments with them into account - at least with T-mobile. https://www.t-mobile.com/customers/smartphone-equality-program https://www.t-mobile.com/customers/smartphone-equality-progr...
    - damnyou 7y ago
      Many of my less well-off friends have horrible credit, unfortunately. Good for T-Mobile.
- maest 7y ago
  > If having an iPhone is a symbol of “affluence”, half of the US is affluent. I mean, it's probably the richer half that owns iPhones, so it's consistent with what you said.

scarface74 7y ago

Almost anyone can afford an iPhone. All four major carriers and Apple offer no interest payment plans. Spread over 24 months, the difference between an iPhone and an Android phone is negligible. If having an iPhone is a symbol of “affluence”, half of the US is affluent. Your anecdotal evidence doesn’t jibe with broader statistics. Edit: For complete transparency, I am seeing ranges from 42% - 50% market share in the US depending on the site. https://www.statista.com/statistics/236550/percentage-of-us-population-that-own-a-iphone-smartphone/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/236550/percentage-of-us-...

damnyou 7y ago
Correct, the US is the richest country on earth. In the rest of the world Androids are more popular. I guarantee you that if most of your friends have iPhones, your friends' incomes are probably on the higher end, statistically. Don't those payment plans require good credit, anyway? A lot of my friends don't have that.
- scarface74 7y ago
  Not “good credit” just “not horrible credit”. But, after you have been a customer for awhile for a carrier, they take your on time bill payments with them into account - at least with T-mobile. https://www.t-mobile.com/customers/smartphone-equality-program https://www.t-mobile.com/customers/smartphone-equality-progr...
  - damnyou 7y ago
    Many of my less well-off friends have horrible credit, unfortunately. Good for T-Mobile.
maest 7y ago
> If having an iPhone is a symbol of “affluence”, half of the US is affluent. I mean, it's probably the richer half that owns iPhones, so it's consistent with what you said.