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Posted on October 9, 2024November 1, 2024 by Dan Ness

An Apple or Android future – the generations speak

Background: 

As the smartphone market approaches saturation and ubiquity, the competition between ecosystems has become the most closely scrutinized. Will future smartphone consumers choose an Apple iPhone or an Android smartphone? Is Gen X more interested in iPhones, or are they going with Android?

Approach:

This MetaFAQs is based on the responses of 54,619 respondents over four years from the MetaFacts TUP/Technology User Profile 2021 through 2024 waves, spanning the US, Germany, the UK, Japan, and China. It reports on the percentage of online adults in three mutually exclusive groups: Those who are planning to purchase an iPhone and not an Android smartphone, those planning to purchase an Android and not an iPhone, and those on the fence – planning to buy either. This is further split by generations for and with a global and US view. These results are drawn from the standard published TUP tables named 810 PLANSxAGEGEN.

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CategoriesMetaFAQs, Mobile Phones, Technology Ecosystems, TUP 2021, TUP 2022, TUP 2023, TUP 2024, User Profile TagsAge, Age generations, Android, Apple, Boomers, Gen X, Gen Z, Generations, Google Android, iPhone, Millennials, Operating systems, Smartphones, Technology adoption, Technology Ecosystems, Trends, User Profile

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