nsane.forums Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 New market research is indicating the Apple's popularity with teenagers is dwindling. Does Apple have to worry about their competitors catching up to them? Or is the research inaccurate? Teenagers are a finicky lot. As any parent can tell you, teens generally like the opposite of whatever their parents find “cool.” Apple continues to win market share with iPhones, iPads, and Macs when it comes to Gen X and the Millennials, but what about their children?Last week, Forbes reported that the younger crowd’s opinion of Apple is quickly dropping. Where the iPhone was once the most coveted device around, kids are now becoming far more interested in the Samsung Galaxy S3 and Note 2. Even the mighty iPad is starting to fall to Microsoft’s Surface. According to market researchers, in 2011, Samsung’s smartphones weren’t coveted much at all. Today? 22% of teens want them, a big drop in Apple’s appeal.While we weren’t surprised to hear about Samsung’s success, given their great sales numbers recently, we were shocked to hear that teens are in favor of the latest Microsoft Surface tablet. Although we really liked the tablet, sales haven’t exactly been rocking the world. That said, this is good news for Redmond and it will be interesting to see if they can leverage the popularity to sell more of the Surface RT and the Surface Pro when it’s released.Time will tell whether Apple can change their image and become the “cool” company again, or if their constant barrage of lawsuits and minimal innovations will convince customers to move elsewhere. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanon Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Could it be that teenagers are globally getting smarter? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowx Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Wow, that was just so F^ :king: energetic :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I keep away myself from Apple products - nonetheless, wouldn't count on them dying out, so easily. :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted January 14, 2013 Administrator Share Posted January 14, 2013 Could it be that teenagers are globally getting smarter? :oI tend to forget that I'm a teenager too. :tooth:Anyway, surprising, isn't it? The trendy little jerks don't find Apple trendy anymore. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Could it be that teenagers are globally getting smarter? :o Nah! They like the 'Surface', Alanon! The 'Surface' for the love of God :o An Windows RT device! :wtf:... teens are in favor of the latest Microsoft Surface tablet. ...A Win8 Surface Pro? Sure! But a Win RT mishmash cr@p? Even I'd prefer the iPad to that, thank you :naughty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBs Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I guess the research is correct, i daily see lots of teenagers running around with samsungs galaxy S3, the iPhone trend really seems to decrease, i guess they are just bored from the same shit that Apple brings every year, teenagers want/ love changes, Apple doesn't provide that anymore.But can't really say the same about Windows products, never heard a teenager talking about how awesome the surface tablet from microsoft is :)P.s. that commercial from microsoft is not bad :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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