A recent survey of teens found that 87% have iPhones, and don’t plan to switch. They have their reasons.

(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 😔

  • OfficerBribeEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Why exactly you should be able to do it? Because of an ideology that you hold? It does not make any sense business wise for Samsung to develop ROM that could be smoothly run on random phones, it is their IP which is their revenue.

    Google itself does not provide all of the Pixel-only features because that’s their own thing, they want to sell it not just hand it out.

    We in theory already have a mechanism for showing dissatisfaction - Do not like something, do not buy it.

    Currently the best options if you want to have a phone with newest OS for a long time:

    • Samsung or Pixel since they provide the longest support
    • iOS because they are still the best at OS update support
    • Android phone with unlockable bootloader and active developer support