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I hate to be the [citation needed] guy again, but the iPhone came out in 2007 and the first Android phone came out in 2008, and you're citing data from 2013. Th

I hate to be the [citation needed] guy again, but the iPhone came out in 2007 and the first Android phone came out in 2008, and you're citing data from 2013. Those phones were five to six years old when that data came out, and that data is now seven years old. In 2017[1], the iOS/Android market share between people 18-29 and people 30-59 seems to be almost identical, and while the market share of people 60+ shows a bit more of a bias toward iOs, it's not a super dramatic difference. In any case, I think this mostly reflects that there are way, way more Android phones available at a huge range of price points than there are iPhones, and if you don't have a whole lot to spend on a new phone you're more likely to get an Android. Because it's pretty difficult to get a new iPhone for less then $350[2] and most of them are in the $600+ range, its audience tends to skew older just because older people tend to have more money. [1]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/911113/smartphone-os-share-by-age-group-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/911113/smartphone-os-sha... [2]: The iPhone 7 is currently on sale for $350 through carriers, but the cheapest iPhone Apple admits to still making is the iPhone SE at $400.

Marsymars 6y ago
I sadly can't view your statista link at all, it seems entirely behind a paywall. > its audience tends to skew older just because older people tend to have more money. Yeah, I didn't comment on the cause, but I expect that's a big reason for it. In any case, it's still a far cry from near 90% iOS use in younger demographics. (I edited my other reply slightly - I didn't mean to imply that Android has a 90% marketshare in younger age groups, just that it's proportionally more popular than in older age groups.)
- chipotle_coyote 6y ago
  Huh. I am certainly not paying for Statista, so I am not sure what's going on there -- maybe they're one of those sites that only lets you look at a few links before trying to charge you.

Marsymars 6y ago

I sadly can't view your statista link at all, it seems entirely behind a paywall. > its audience tends to skew older just because older people tend to have more money. Yeah, I didn't comment on the cause, but I expect that's a big reason for it. In any case, it's still a far cry from near 90% iOS use in younger demographics. (I edited my other reply slightly - I didn't mean to imply that Android has a 90% marketshare in younger age groups, just that it's proportionally more popular than in older age groups.)

chipotle_coyote 6y ago
Huh. I am certainly not paying for Statista, so I am not sure what's going on there -- maybe they're one of those sites that only lets you look at a few links before trying to charge you.