Piper Jaffray has once again asked the teenage blight upon our fair nation to stop popping pimples and sexting for a second to tell them what gadgets they want to buy next year. And, duh, it’s the iPhone.
According to the survey, 91% of 5200 teens surveyed says that they want their next high-tech device purchase to be a smartphone, which is up from 86% a year ago.
Of those 91% of teens, 59% said that they wanted their next smartphone to be an iPhone, with only 21% saying they planned on going Android. In addition, 48% of all teens were found to already own an iPhone, compared to just 40% last fall. However, only 62% of all teens planned on buying an iPhone for their next mobile device, which is the same as it was a year ago.
Android showed a small increase in popularity: 23% of all teens said they planned on buying an Android smartphone, from 22% last fall. As for tablets, the iPad is still king, with 68% of tablet-toting teens owning ones. However, Android’s catching up in the tablet space: that number’s down from 72%.
Source: Piper Jaffray
