It's so stupid. Like follow the leader, and do what everyone else does. On 8/3/23, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Apparently Gen Z is very heavily favouring the iPhone in America as well > although in my opinion it's all for the wrong reason, I mean, "being the > dreaded green bubble", give me a break and talk about peer pressure. > This is from a website called MacDaily News, but you can find tons of > articles about this: > > Young Americans want Apple iPhones to avoid being dreaded "green bubbles" > Tuesday, February 21, 2023 10:02 am > Apple has captured Gen Z in America so thoroughly that younger consumers > fear being socially ostracized for being “green bubbles,” not having an > iPhone, a trend that will allow the tech giant to gain market share not only > in smartphones, but in personal computers (Mac), tablets (iPad), > smartwatches (Apple Watch), and multiple other markets. > Gen Z users — those born after 1996 — make up 34 per cent of all iPhone > owners in the US, versus 10 per cent for Samsung, according to new data from > Attain, > an adtech data platform. The tech giant’s hold on younger consumers marks a > significant change as market research has shown that, for older generations > of Americans, there is a relatively even split between owners of devices > running Android, Google’s software for mobiles, and iOS. > Shannon Cross, analyst at Credit Suisse, said the ramifications of these > shifting tastes extended well beyond smartphones, as iPhone users were more > likely to purchase MacBooks, Apple Watches and AirPods. > “The strength of the Apple ecosystem creates a moat that is fairly > impenetrable by the competition,” Cross said. “It really makes it hard to > change the > trajectory. Apple is just going to continue to gain share over time.” > One oft-mentioned issue is that Android phones can’t send texts through > Apple’s iMessage system, meaning that a single Android user participating in > a group chat of iPhone owners turns the outbound messages of all users > green, rather than blue. “A green message — anyone with an Android — throws > off the entire chat, because now the whole thing has to be SMS,” said > Annelise Hillman, the 24-year-old chief executive of Frontman, a men’s > grooming business. “So the social pressure to get an iPhone is pretty > insane.” > On TikTok, a trend called “He’s a 10 but…” went viral when random women were > asked what a perfect guy’s new rating would be once they found out he uses > Android. Numerous respondents re-rate the guy at less than 5, or simply call > it a deal-breaker. “If that bubble pops up green, I’m not responding,” said > one. > From a U.S. teen we just briefly interviewed: “There was this one kid in > music theory who had an Android and I was like (makes face, rolls eyes). > Because it’s a type; it’s a red flag.” – > This is why we continually assert that Apple is woefully undervalued. > From two kids brought up with Android phones who switched to iPhone once > they hit high school this past autumn: “We couldn’t have Android phones. No > way. It was awful. Then, once we got the iPhones, everything about them was > so much better and faster — not just Messages — we told our parents they > needed > to switch, too!” It’s simple, really: Get a real iPhone. We don’t have a > ton, thankfully, but we do have a few poor souls who text us with their > ugly, dysfunctional green bubbles and it’s a awful experience. > They can’t do much of anything. They can’t execute or experience any of the > cool stuff we Messages users can. It’s just plain sad. Our Message for them > is always the same: “Get a real iPhone!” Several of them have and they’ve > thanked us profusely for the advice. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/PH7PR12MB5656CBD627405316ED86AE14C708A%40PH7PR12MB5656.namprd12.prod.outlook.com. >
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