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Will the last teen to get an Android phone please turn out the lights?
- hindsightbias 6y agoAndroid, the FB for the olds.
- snypher 6y agoPlease suggest one actual real-world difference between the two platforms and why an average person would pick one over the other.
- bobbylarrybobby 6y agoTeens are not average people. They care more about being “cool” than most adults. My understanding is that Android phones are very uncool.
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- legostormtroopr 6y agoApple devices have consistent platform updates for years after release - including security updates. As a former Samsung Android user I couldn’t guarantee my phone would get updates more than a year after release. That’s a big deal for a lot of people.
- nikau 6y agoHere was me thinking most people ignore security alerts and don't care about any of that stuff until it stops working
- ggm 6y agoI don't believe the figures can apply worldwide. There are far more teens in India than iPhones. There are far more teens in emerging economies than Apple targets. And, I don't believe the volume of apple devices reflects the story either. I strongly suspect some underlying sampling bias. I know from personal experience in the seventies, a lot less kids did drugs and sex than said they did. If dope had been as easy to get as implied, my grades would have suffered. Underlying rates of STIs and teen pregnancy tell a lot more about the reality than surveys. How could you reliably, non invasively sample the ratios? As an example, the cohort of phone owner kids in school includes huge numbers whose parents legally own the phone and the sim.