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Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem::Nearly 9 in 10 US teenagers use an iPhone, spelling disaster for Google's mobile future

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Teenagers might think they want an iPhone, but not everyone has the money for one and paying the bills. Whether they could make life changes to make more money is debatable, but the fact remains that not everyone does have $1000 to throw at a phone.

Because of this, the cheaper yet surprisingly still usable alternative, android has the larger marketshare. Since Google makes money on ads it's better for them to hand out more phones for cheap or in same cases for free, when a manufacturer makes a phone, when all those users see ads on YouTube and Google.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My $1200 Android phone is considered budget because it's not Apple.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Definitely. Android has tiers, from flagship down.

You can get an Android that surpasses any iPhone in specs and price no problem.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They just want to have an iPhone because their friends also have an iPhone...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

And if your biggest userbase is teenagers you are on shaky ground. Trends change quickly and as soon as they have to pay for it themselves it's goodbye luxury item for a lot of them.