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Research group says eight percent of US teens own an iPhone, 22 percent want one
Macsimum News —
... Piper Jaffray’s 16th bi-annual survey of teenage buying patterns and preferences, which surveyed 769 high school students in the US, shows that eight percent own an iPhone (up from six percent in the spring) and 22 percent want one (that’s up from nine percent in the spring), reports Fortune. ...
A Field Trip to the Apple Store [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... Apple already have a very high brand recognition with teenagers, as surveys illustrate. They need to be very careful when moving into the territory of younger minds that they don’t push their products too hard. ...
Nearly One in Ten Teens Now Own iPhones
Technologizer —
... Fortune reports Wednesday that finanical analyst firm Piper Jaffray has just completed its twice annual survey of teens and found the iPhone ranks high on their wish lists, with already a significant adoption rate in the device’s 14 or so months on the market here in the US. The survey of 769 high school students found that 8 percent already own the device, with another 22 percent expecting to purchase the phone within the next six months. Such data has to be music to AT&T’s ears, considering the carrier is the exclusive partner for Apple here in the US. Piper Jaffray did not ...
Survey: 22 Percent of Teens Want iPhone
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Piper Jaffray's 16th bi-annual survey of teenage buying patterns and
preferences found that 22 percent of students surveyed expect to own an
iPhone in the next six months. That's a sharp increase from 9 percent
of teens who reported plans to purchase the popular handset in spring
2008. ...
Survey Says: 8% of U.S. Teens Own iPhone, 22% Will Get One Within Six Months
Touch Podium —
... (via Fortune Apple 2.0)
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Teens plan to ignore Wall Street, buy iPhones
Gawker: valleywag —
[image] Nearly one in four high school students surveyed by Piper Jaffray " plan on buying an iPhone in the next six months ." It's not clear if the 22% who want one include the 8% who already have one, or if the survey was conducted before their once-splurgy parents began raving about The Worst Financial Crisis Ever why, six months from now there'll be nothing left to sync with! Me, I took a hint from the kids: My shiny new Blackberry Curve 8330 will be a valuable job-hunting tool after Denton fires us all.
Can the BlackBerry Storm Kill the iPhone?
LIVEdigitally —
... A recent survey showed that 22% of teens wanted an iPhone. I don’t think these same teens are even remotely close to buying a BlackBerry (you know, like Dad uses at work). There’s no sex appeal to the BlackBerry brand, and building a great device isn’t enough to turn it into a sexy one. Just ask the HTC G1/Android phone that question (that thing is enough to make Nokia phones look sleek!). ...
