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| iPhone more popular among younger people than Android |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-10 20:41:47 |
| "Does Android skew towards a younger demographic? The numbers might surprise you. According to comScore, 52.4% of all Android users are aged 35 years or older. That is five percentage points higher than the iPhone. Near 55% Android tablets users are also older than 35." How is this surprising? Younger people tend to be more brand-conscious, and there's no denying that the iPhone is still perceived as cooler than Android phones. Also note that the cited figures are for the US, Apple's strong home market. I think the figures will look very different for Europe. |
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| RE[9]: Umm... Duh? |
| By flypig on 2012-10-11 08:30:06 |
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> Personally I am not that surprised that iPhone may be somewhat more popular than Android with young people jared_wilkes is making a good point here, and it just goes to show how troublesome statistics can be. The article points out that "47.2% of iPhone users are aged 35 years or older", while "52.4% of all Android users are aged 35 years or older". However, in the the quarter before (I couldn't find data for Q3), Apple sold 26.0M units, whereas Samsung 50.4M, according to the following article: http://communities-dominate.blog... Assuming the demonograhpics are the same across Android manufacturers for simplicity, this means Samsung sold in the region of 50.4 * 47.6% = 24M devices to the under 35s, whereas Apple sold 26.0 * 52.8% = 13.7M. In other words, Samsung is outselling Apple in the younger demographic by a wide margin. The conclusion is that the iPhone isn't more popular than Android with young people. I appreciate the comment I quoted was tagged at the end of a post that contained a lot of other relevant points besides. I'm afraid the exact phasing of your sentence just served to highlight the issue. I do think jared_wilkes's point is worth emphasising though. The numbers are given in a very specific way, and are easy to misinterpret (probably I did too). |
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| my sisters |
| By unclefester on 2012-10-11 08:43:35 |
| My sisters are aged 58 and 65. Both have Windows PCs (for serious work), iPads (for couch surfing) and Samsung Android phones (strictly for making calls). Go figure. |
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| RE[3]: Umm... Duh? |
| By unclefester on 2012-10-11 08:44:53 |
| Ever heard of China? It is practically a Nokia monopoly (around 75% marketshare). |
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| RE[2]: Umm... Duh? |
| By saso on 2012-10-11 08:45:03 |
| Same thing in my country. Most youngsters can't afford an iProduct, so it's mostly management-style people who have them. Most of my co-workers have Android phones, whereas most in management and sales (i.e. people who care about their image) use iPhones. It's just an insignificant observation, but I've noticed that often ownership of an iPhone can be easily correlated with the value of the owner's wristwatch. |
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| Not sure... |
| By DDevine on 2012-10-11 08:55:13 |
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Although I have the feeling that Apple is more popular with young people anecdotal evidence would suggest otherwise. I was sitting on a bus at 4PM yesterday and I noticed an extraordinary amount of high-end Android devices in these school kids hands and almost no iPhones. Also interestingly it seemed that the Galaxy S2 was by far the most common phone. |
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| iphone subsidies |
| By unclefester on 2012-10-11 08:57:28 |
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The iPhone is only popular where massive carrier subsidies are available eg USA and Australia. Where the subsidies don't exist iPhones have very limited marketshare. Here in Australia the phone carriers have declared war on handset subsidies. This means that the overall cost of iPhones is considerably more expensive than similar Android phones. |
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| RE: Not sure... |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-10-11 08:59:17 |
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> Also interestingly it seemed that the Galaxy S2 was by far the most common phone. I think the SII hits the sweet spot between bleeding edge and price. It's not the most modern phone out there, but it's still plenty fast. It's also very light, quite sturdy, and, in my view, is about a million times prettier than what came after it. For me, 4.3" also happens to be the perfect screen size. Other than the Lumia's, I've yet to see a phone that bests it for me. |
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| Statistics |
| By Odisej on 2012-10-11 10:28:48 |
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So many words lost for, well, nothing. But do let me add some more: I advise caution with any statistics published in a sense "is Coca cola really better than Papsi". First, as said, the survey was done in USA and as much as some doubt it the rest of the world is less obsessed with Apple products compared to Americans. Second, surveys such as this are usually financed with some clear intention in mind. Usually by this or that brand owner. Thirdly, iPhone is fading as a "must have" product and is fading even faster as a cutting edge technology brand (which it never really was anyway). Put 1 and 1 together and you get useless, paid for data. And lastly, statistically you can always prove the Earth is turning in the opposite direction on at least one of the seven days of the week. So much for the surveys and numbers published by this or that company. |
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| RE: US only, bah |
| By JAlexoid on 2012-10-11 12:14:57 |
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Since average global income is about $7000($600 per month) iPhone is most definitely out of reach of most. However, if you go for median income.... it blow past 3x what an median person earns per month and nears what a median person earns per year. |
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| Android, the smarter choice? |
| By Bennie on 2012-10-11 13:13:07 |
| So basically, this research indicates that people who take their decisions regarding their purchase of a new phone with more reasonable and calculated considerations, and probably are less influenced by peer pressure and impulse behavior, these people often go for an Android phone. Well, duh! |
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