My entire life I've been reading news that only iPhones are cool, yet my social circles don't care and have never said anything like this. I feel like this is a 'Hello fellow kids' type of investigative journalism, that is a secret apple ad.
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I'm also convinced these are really just paid for by Apple ads. I've never seen anyone care about such a thing.
How often are you around teens though? My dad is a high school teacher and his students are always surprised and ask him why he has an Android and not an iPhone.
Eh, that was my highschool experience at least. It was never super serious or anything, like it’s not like I was being bullied lol, but I was regularly teased about it in my friend group.
When I was in highschool, the phone was attached to the wall in the kitchen. Simpler times.
When i was in school, you could throw the phone against a wall and the wall got damaged. Simpler times.
My social circle is anti-apple to the max, which isn't surprising as the only people not with a digital technical background are my grandparents. Even my whole family on my mothers side in the deepest of saxony only uses Android. That applies to my friends too, I don't know anyone with an Apple. Actually, I think, at least in Germany, only girls really have iPhones. Most of the boys have Android. It's just the US with the Apple obsession.
"This unbiased and purely informative piece of journalism sponsored by Apple."
No one gives a shit which phone you have.
Also, no one uses the term “droid”.
This article reads like “fellow kids” nonsense.
I think that is mostly a US thing, as I see way more Androids in Europe than iPhones. But I could be wrong
This has to be a US thing, in Switzerland there is not a single person I communicate with using iMessage. It’s WhatsApp or Signal.
That's because your mobile plans are usually different and you get charged for each SMS, while SMS is typically included for free in mobile plans in the US. Since you have to pay per SMS, people instead use WhatsApp and Signal which don't have a per message charge.
That's a thing of the past. Nowadays, in Switzerland you get everything unlimited for 20 a month.
In the past, messages cost 10 cents on a prepaid plan, so people started using WhatsApp for free messages at some point, and it just kind of... Stayed
Teenagers are well known to do everything differently in a way of rebellion to the majority. So, the majority has Android phone. Right!
Holy fuck, kids are cringe. I hate this blue bubble elitism so much. Glad it's not a really a thing in Europe.
I'm in Europe and see the opposite of the article. Xiaomi (incl. Poco and Redmi), Samsung (the Z flip is popular here), Pixel (is pretty popular too) and others are everywhere. People rely on third party apps in Europe so the phone doesn't really matter anymore.
I own a Pixel 7 but I hate that you always have to reach a compromise on something. This time it's the SOC. The Tensor G2 is a toaster. I looked for the Galaxy S23 and it has camera issues with shutter lag.
I feel you on this. Might consider switching to iPhone once they switch to USB C for charging.
Every single pixel I've owned came with a problem or two especially when it comes to hardware.
Samsung on the other hand, has great hardware but once 2 years is up and software support ends, it feels outdated in software
I have the Pixel 6 and Dual SIM still doesn't properly work 2 years after release. Modem will still randomly crash after 30 minutes or so. Hate it
It's only in the US, eg. German teens are completely different. Well, not actually completely, as a few friends and I are currently trying to bully another one into going back to Motorola, instead of Nothing.
But WHY? God I can not understand why someone would willingly use iOS. I have both an Android and iPhone and every time I pick up the iPhone I wonder why anyone would use this willingly.
You can say whatever you want about Apple, but no one else has build such a fluid, easy-to-use and interconnected ecosystem as they did. I tried to achieve a similar experience with my former androids, but there are always issues: laggy synchronization, multiple apps necessary, difficult setup, manual data transfer. Just to name a few. Now I can download a file on my phone, edit it on my iMac and continue on my MacBook without any hassle.
Why would I care what teens think? Android gives me more control over my phone.