Posted Jul 08, 2007 at 10:26AM by Enrico S. Listed in: Opinions and Analysis Tags: iPhone
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Survey: Teens prefer the iPhone over a car - Image 1A recent survey conducted by CNW Marketing Research of Bandon, Ore. recently established that owning an Apple iPhone makes one's popularity among the youth soar by a whopping 70%. Another surprising revelation is that the Survey has found electronics to have a higher desirability rating than cars.

When this survey was conducted last 2000, 35% of all 16- to 29-year-olds gave word that a new car impressed their friends. There was a shift in priorities from then till now with the most popular possession being cellphones. This is followed by electronic games (27%), iPods (26%), footware (24%), computers (23%), and finally new cars (20%).

Apparently car manufactures now have to compete against non-transportation items to sell vehicles. CNW general manager Art Spinella gave an explanation on this trend saying that "in the highly sensitive, fashion-oriented youth market, the most bang for the envy buck is usually something that can be worn, keyboarded, or heard."

Is this just a fad with the recent iPhone's release or could it be the underlying trend that the youth today have slowly been gravitating towards? We'll have to wait and see how this develops.


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   by pc users (Unregistered) - 2007-07-08
 » survey

survey prove that kids are getting dumber how trifling a kid would prefer something that takes you nowhere and basically is just a phone over a car dumbasses can you pic up your girlfrend and take her on a date with something smaller than a psp lcd replacement part


   Re: dude (Unregistered) - 2007-07-08
 » exactly...

what I was thinking...Even if I did have the money, I seriously wouldn't get the iphone. They got a long ways to go and features to add before I even think about it.

I'm 19, so I dunno how correct this article is...but truth be told; I've seen many of my age mates who lack common sense.
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   by PS3Rider (Unregistered) - 2007-07-09
 » ...

Hi Qj I just spotted a mistake in the articles title, what is should say is

'Geeks Prefer IPhone Over Car'


   Re: Namaru (Unregistered) - 2007-07-09
 » ...

Hi PS3Rider, I just spotted a mistake in the title you wanted to replace the original title of the article with. What it should say is:

"Losers Prefer iPhone Over Car"
   by hmm (Unregistered) - 2007-07-09
 » wtf

i'm guessing the survey was done outside some mac convention with macwhores

who the hell would prefer a phone over a car...



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