(unpaywalled version on archive.today: https://archive.ph/03cwZ)

Interesting figure that comes out of the article: 87% of US teens prefer iPhones. Also the explanations given aren’t quite surprising, I guess it’s mostly because of iMessage. Teens will feel like outcasts if they get an Android phone while their friends still use iMessage because of the green bubbles.

It’s actually hilarious how we allowed consumerism to take us this far and that we have now peer pressure over smartphones.

“You’re telling me in 2023, you still have a ’Droid? […] You gotta be at least 50 years old.”

ouch 😔

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    No one gives a shit which phone you have.

    Also, no one uses the term “droid”.

    This article reads like “fellow kids” nonsense.

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      No one gives a shit which phone you have.

      In high school, they absolutely do.

      Like, the epitome of the high school experience is social peer pressure about dumb shit.

      And this can have a huge effect on the market in 5 years time.

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        this must be a us thing, I’d say over half the people have in Ireland have iPhones but nobody cares really, if anything my custom rommed Poco f3 has gotten a bit of interest from a few friends

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          Same. I mean I haven’t been to highschool in a little over ten years, so I can’t say what kids are using these days. But here in Australia, none of us really cares about what phone you have. Though I think most of us were Samsung users.

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            There should probably be a sticky post on every article about anything US related. Something like,

            “DEAR NON-AMERICANS (ESPECIALLY EUROPEANS). THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT AN AMERICAN PHENOMENON. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COME INTO THIS THREAD AND TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND IT. YOU MAY SIMPLY MOVE ON. CHEERS.”

            Seriously, it’s a good 1/4 of the posts.

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              Wouldn’t it make a lot more sense for the article title to specify it’s specifically about the US, then? The US is the only country that doesn’t do this and it’s really annoying when just browsing (especially since lemmy.world is hosted by a Dutch individual using software made by Europeans).

              Your “suggestion” is far more condescending.

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                I see articles all the time that don’t specify the country.

                I think that would be a good blanket rule for every post. If it’s a news article, list the country.

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              I feel like most non-Americans understand that not everything is about them.

              It’s the Americans that need to learn that not everything is about them. (Not saying that you don’t, but there’s way too many Americans I talk to who think that the world revolves around them).

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          Here in Canada from what I’ve seen at my school at least 85% of students have an iPhone. I have been the only person in multiple classes to have an Android phone.

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        as a high schooler (outside of america) my friends mostly have androids, I’m not saying they are better, just saying that they are more common

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        God, the memories you just unlocked

        There was this one guy at school who one day rocked up with his new Windows Phone, that was the cool, new thing then.
        When I came up to him and told him he wasn’t going to be the only one with a 4" Amoled screen, he was devastated

        Man, we were stupid

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      I got roasted by a room full of interns for having an android phone last week.

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        Idk what people use. I had two coworkers from another country ask why I don’t have an iPhone?

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          Yeah I could not care less. Seems beyond weird to me. Reminds me of the old video game console arguments in elementary school.

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            It’s always been this way. Some people are just slaves to the brand. “why aren’t you using a MacBook instead of that cheap Windows laptop?”

            Because the Windows laptop had better hardware, better support for the apps I want to use right now and potential apps in the future, was cheaper, and is easier to repair or expand if I want to in the future.

            “But…but…apple said they’re the best…”

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      No, this is real. An iPhone to kids is like a social status symbol and potential family wealth indicator. Of course it’s absolute bull, but just as adults are, kids are horribly manipulated by marketing and advertising too. Kids have glommed onto phones for conspicuous consumption whereas adults glom onto cars and houses for said signals.

      Of course not all adults or kids do this, but a great deal do. That’s where the stupid bumper sticker comes from that says, “He who has the most toys at the end wins!” Very ugly stuff, in my opinion. And if there is a devil, that’s where it lives mostly.