American teens hate Android smartphones, according to new article from wall street journal:
Melissa Jones, a former teacher in Lebanon, Indiana, observes that owning a new, modern cell phone is considered the most important thing among her students. And while Android is most often the subject of jokes, judging by the amount of TikTok content that pits users of the two operating systems against each other, many teens believe their phones are actually We associate Android with older technology and older people, no matter how new.
“Are you saying you still have a ‘droid’ in 2023?” 20-year-old online creator Abdul Chamberlain said in a video posted in April. “You must be at least 50 years old.” Despite persistent claims from users, Chamberlain says he refuses to get Android. Other videos more gruesomely describe the experience of walking to high school with an Android smartphone and being called “no money” and “medieval” by fellow contributors. Additionally, it’s the only group chat of iPhone owners to be put to shame by the text appearing in a revelatory bright green color instead of the cool blue color of messages sent between Apple devices when rendered on Apple’s own iMessage platform. How does it feel to be an Android user of
In the United States, Apple holds 57% of the mobile phone market, compared with Android’s 42%, according to web traffic analysis site StatCounter. Android’s data bias is even worse when it’s limited to teenagers. A survey of 7,100 American teens conducted last year by investment bank Piper Sandler found that 87% of teens currently own an iPhone, and 87% said they will continue to use the brand in their next phone. plans to continue using
But the Android smartphone bias, at least to the extent that it affects buying habits, is mostly an American phenomenon. According to the same Statcounter report, Android now accounts for a significant portion of all smartphones worldwide, with his 71% share of sales compared to Apple’s 28%.
Two years ago, someone asked on Reddit’s “Ask Teens” forum. Do teenagers really hate Android smartphones? But the reaction was much more balanced.
One (presumably teenage) Reddit user said no. “Apple fans are really offended, probably because they are deliberately being scammed.”