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A look at Apple's smartphone dominance among Gen Z, who make up an estimated 34% of all US iPhone owners, as Samsung and Android struggle against iMessage

Younger Americans prefer an iPhone over Android by huge margins, creating unusual pressure over how they communicate

Financial Times Patrick McGee

Discussion

  • @wavesblog @wavesblog on x
    “A green message — anyone with an Android — throws off the entire chat, because now the whole thing has to be SMS,”... “So the social pressure to get an iPhone is pretty insane.” https://twitter.com/...
  • @mastaprincess @mastaprincess on x
    OMFG for once i am on trend and hip and cool and with it! maybe the kids do have some (limited) good taste (i too have used the “seamless device integration” spiel but the truth is i've been in the walled garden of apple since 1998 and i'm afraid to leave) https://twitter.com/...…
  • @edourdoo Eddie Du on x
    “Apple has captured Gen Z in the US so thoroughly that younger consumers fear being socially ostracised for not having an iPhone, a trend that will allow the tech giant to gain market share across multiple product categories.” @PatrickMcGee_ https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter…
  • @annmlipton @annmlipton on x
    “'A green message — anyone with an Android — throws off the entire chat, because now the whole thing has to be SMS.'...'In the back of your mind it's like, “Oh my God, I have to explain to my friends why our group chat is green now,"'" https://twitter.com/...
  • @astaniscia86 Giulio S. on x
    The iPhone's dominance means that gen Z audience on mobile is mostly unaddressable. https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/...