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It's just a line in the article, the data isn't provided. This is the source of the headline quote: > 87% of teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be t
by ajross 4y ago
It's just a line in the article, the data isn't provided. This is the source of the headline quote:
> 87% of teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone; 31% of
teens own an Apple Watch
And sorry, but that's just laughably wrong. Even in my teen's upper middle class school of tech scions, the penetration of any kind of phone sits somewhere around 50%. And I don't think I've even seen a smart watch on these kids.
- TillE 4y agoIt's an actual survey from a company which does that kind of thing, which I take considerably more seriously than vague anecdotes.
- swayvil 4y agoWell I'm an actual company and according to my survey you're wrong.
- snapcaster 4y agoI think there is the implicit assumption in your comment that people benefitting from tech are more likely to use tech but I'm not sure that's a safe assumption
- imranq 4y agoTech workers might be stricter with their childrens' phone use given that they know how much tracking and manipulation is possible
- dimgl 4y agoWhy is this laughably wrong? Why is this so hard to believe? Also, why would being a tech scion mean that you wouldn't want to use an iPhone? If anything, I'd argue that being in tech makes you appreciate the benefits of having an iPhone.
- literalAardvark 4y agoI'd argue that tech bros know that social media screen time fries your brain and may try to keep their kids away from phones as much as possible.
- ajross 4y agoMy experience among tech parents jives with that, FWIW. But even so: if techie kids are less likely to own phones, you need to be pushing 90%+ iPhone usage in working class schools, which is, again, nuts. These numbers are wrong when interpreted as a global sample, they just are.
- pessimizer 4y ago> if techie kids are less likely to own phones, you need to be pushing 90%+ iPhone usage in working class schools You're vastly overestimating the number of "techies."
- pessimizer 4y ago> Also, why would being a tech scion mean that you wouldn't want to use an iPhone? I think this is the opposite of what the person who is replying to you is saying. I'm going to disagree with both of you and say that I think that the kids of techies would be far less likely to have an iPhone, because they're more likely to judge technology on its merits rather than on marketing (for the same reason that both of my parents being programmers made me a programmer.) On the merits, iPhone/Android is going to be closer to a 50/50 split than an 87/13 split.
- akgoel 4y agoMy 13 year old daughter has an Apple Watch. It allows her to send and receive texts even though her phone has to be put away, and the teachers haven’t stopped that. Yet.
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- wvenable 4y agoI'm pretty sure every kid I know has a phone. Most often than not, it's a hand-me-down from someone else.