The reasons my kids have iPhones can be summed up as 1) I use iPhones so I get a new one every 2.5-3 years or so. 2) The phones last long enough (performance,

The reasons my kids have iPhones can be summed up as 1) I use iPhones so I get a new one every 2.5-3 years or so. 2) The phones last long enough (performance, battery life, OS support) that when I get a new one, my kids are perfectly happy to take over my old one. Let’s face it, kids don’t choose phones their parents do. When you become a teenager these days you are probably on your second or third smartphone. At least if you got the first one at age 7-10 somewhere, you probably didn’t decide between Android and iPhone, your parents did. It doesn’t matter so much then whether it’s a status symbol or what color the text bubble is. You chose a platform long ago.