Report shows more than half of U.S. teens own a smartphone

0. phoneArena posted on 10 Sep 2012, 18:36

The number of U.S. teens sporting a smartphone has risen sharply in the last year and the latest data from Nielsen shows that more than half of the demographic has the brainier version of a mobile phone in their pocket...

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1. nwright94 (unregistered) posted on 10 Sep 2012, 19:44 1 5

I think every kid around here has an android boost mobile phone. That's good that there's cheap options to get a smartphone.

4. nnaatthhaannx2 posted on 10 Sep 2012, 20:18 3 1

Boost mobile?
Really?
Where do you live?

18. OptimusOne posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:23 0 0

tmobile is cheaper if you already have a gsm phone(you could buy a used one for really really cheap even if it is in good condition)

19. OptimusOne posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:23 0 0

boost mobile makes money in the price of the phone(no carrier subsidies) and volume sales

2. som posted on 10 Sep 2012, 19:47 0 0

Great 50% of American teens owned smartphones, today kids are smart as adults. Even 5 years old can used laptop by themselves but no more American is going to the moon anytime soon. Chinese will be the next country to reach the moon in the near future.

13. OptimusOne posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:13 0 0

they are still treated like kids though

3. quakan posted on 10 Sep 2012, 19:54 0 0

This is how my college campus looks: Android phones (low end to high end), iPhones (too many), Blackberries (foreigners for the most part), feature phones (30+ club and some teens), and Windows Phones (like 20 people...maybe). LOL

5. wendygarett posted on 10 Sep 2012, 20:28 5 2

No surprise that most students like us will choose android... Because we not yet afford to buy an iPhone :D

9. jaoowolabi posted on 10 Sep 2012, 20:53 3 4

iphones for all the rich spoiled white girls!

20. jaoowolabi posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:24 2 0

peopel who thumbed down like rich spoiled white girls.. nah man its all bout them latinas :D

22. OptimusOne posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:26 1 0

lol ...

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14. TROLL posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:14 1 0

what a joke. can't afford to bye one! more like worried what people and other's might call u owning, saying eyesh??p. Some are even ashamed to get there iPhone out. ...

15. OptimusOne posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:15 1 0

and while they use android, they will discover the advantages of android.

they won't just blindly go with apple because of its just "apple"

17. jaoowolabi posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:22 0 0

and there's a reason why there's a positive hype on it, isnt there?

23. OptimusOne posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:29 0 0

the iphone used to be good and unique as it merged lots of new features from other phones and combined them to a single device(notice that I didn't say created, invented. etc)

thats where the original hype originated(and well deserved back then).

now they make stale improvements but the mindless hype by isheeep still remains

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25. wendygarett posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:41 2 0

You guys really need to calm down... Those 33% iPhone user are actually second handed...Dont hate... They just want it that's all...

6. Slammer posted on 10 Sep 2012, 20:39 1 0

---" Nielsen's stats show that Google's open source OS is gaining many of its new converts from BlackBerry."---

Being in and out of colleges, I had noticed many that owned Blackberries, switched to the iPhone. As of lately, I've been noticing the slow transition to Android. A niece and nephew of mine, have stated that they have become "bored" with the iPhone. If this is any indication, it is this exact age group that holds the template for trend and society choice. The open platform and customization coupled with many different hardware styles, brings forth personalized experience. No age group accepts this combination more than the teens and early twenties.

Smartphones are the most indispensable tool for instant info. It is no surprise that this generation opts for this convenience.

John B.

7. ChangMin2012 posted on 10 Sep 2012, 20:42 0 0

In the English as a Second Language classes for Koreans that I teach to teens.

One has an Epic 4G Touch, another has a Nexus S, another has the original Galaxy S, while two have Pantech SkyPhones and another has a puny Galaxy Y, there were also people who considered LG (two students with Optimus LTE's) and one has an iPhone.

8. jaoowolabi posted on 10 Sep 2012, 20:51 2 0

im 17 and i still have a samsung flip phone from when i was 14.... Fml... Samsung FTW!

27. theindianguy posted on 11 Sep 2012, 10:40 2 0

I am 17 and i remember i too got a flip phone when i was 13... Good times...

10. InspectorGadget80 posted on 10 Sep 2012, 21:20 2 0

Half of those TEENS don't really need a smart phone. I never got myself a phone till i was 18yrs

12. wendygarett posted on 10 Sep 2012, 21:39 1 0

You all sure have a happy life without a smartphone...

16. OptimusOne posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:22 0 0

yeah but they sure want some
yeah but im sure you have many things you don't NEED but have anyway

Examples: "eating out", "big house", "fancy car", etc

its like Christmas(or whatever you celebrate that is equivilant), basically anything you get from it is always a "want", not a "need"

technically all we need is food and shelter

of course these teens don't need a smartphone. they don't even NEED feature phone. what they need is one of the simple(old people) phones that do nothing but call(Nokia 3310)

11. archeryhunter1993 posted on 10 Sep 2012, 21:38 0 0

i have the samsung brightside by verizon and its a great messaging phone! And i have the option to add a data plan if i want too. Cheap to own and i get the best coverage in the country!

21. OptimusOne posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:25 0 0

really jsut don't even bother getting data on a feature phone. the web browsers suck on all of them

only 4 exceptions i can think of

LG Prada
LG Arena
HTC Freestyle
Microsoft Kin 2

24. Raptor9142 posted on 10 Sep 2012, 22:31 0 0

only half of teens owns a smartphone? thats disappointing.
even kids own a cell phone!
how come teens dont hve smartphone ? :O

26. Jyakotu posted on 10 Sep 2012, 23:30 0 0

I believe it. Even though I'm 20, I got my first smartphone at 18. It was a Samsung Intercept and I put up with that POS for 2 years. I'm 20 now and upgraded to a Galaxy Nexus a couple of days ago. On my college campus, all I see around here are iPhones with the occasional Android phones, mostly DROIDs from Verizon. I will sometimes see a Blackberry and Windows Phone in the wild, but that's so rare.

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