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Originally Posted by elcreative
Yes, the Apple stores are all empty, I no longer see iPods/iPhones in anybody's hands under 95, the survey's independent and you can believe what you like/suits your own views...   |
Millions of people are buying Toyotas, doesn't mean that teenagers believe that they are cool.
When I bought my iPad mini in the run up to Christmas the crowds in the Apple store were rather middle aged.
Why did I buy an iPad? - because I wanted to move my newspaper subscription to digital and my favourite paper (Frankfurter Allgemeine) only offers an iPad app + my wife has about a gazillion apps for her iPad, so it makes sense to share the account.
How "cool" is stuff that's being bought my fortysomething corporate drones like me in order to read a conservative establishment newspaper?
Samsung and HTC certainly seem to dominate the market for teenagers as far as I can see.
I am happy with the functionality, the ecosystem and the hardware design yet the operating system with its war-cemetary-like icon graveyard does start to look rather staid. The design may also be too reduced and too predictable to appeal to teenagers by now.