Teens (still) ❤️ iPhone

Apple's smartphone slays the competition yet again.

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Lewis Wallace
April 04, 2023

When a new survey declared that 87% of U.S. teens own an iPhone, I thought there was some sort of error. That’s just too lopsided of a victory over Android, I figured.

Instead, I was just completely wrong — Apple’s smartphone has been dominating the teen market that way for years. And that’s not the only bright spot for Apple’s future. Young people also love Apple Watch.

However, despite Apple’s clear hardware advantage, a couple of Cupertino’s highest-profile offerings don’t seem to be catching on with teens. Read our top post to see all the winners and losers.

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— Lewis Wallace, managing editor

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I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer, should learn a computer language, because it teaches you how to think. It’s like going to law school. I don’t think anybody should be a lawyer, but I think going to law school would actually be useful ‘cause it teaches you how to think in a certain way.

— Steve Jobs, 1995.

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