Benzinga | Jan 9, 2022 12:57PM EST

It's The Smartphone Owned By Almost 90% Of US Teens: Study

According to a new study, Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone is the most popular smartphone among young people in the U.S.

* The study reveals 87% of teenagers own an Apple smartphone and that they want to stay with Apple.

* 88% of teenagers expect an iPhone to be their next phone.

* Teen iPhone ownership has been more than 80% since Spring 2018.

* In the fall of 2020, the iPhone had 86% of the market share, which increased by 1% by the fall of 2021.

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* The survey also finds that 15% of teenagers intend to buy an Apple Watch in the next six months.

* The Apple Watch is now the most liked watch brand among teenagers with 39% saying it is their favorite, unseating Rolex which is now on 35%.

* Ownership of the Apple Watch among teens was at 30%, up from 25% in the fall of 2020.

* As per the report, the survey was made up of more than 10,000 teens in 44 US states.

* Those surveyed had an average household income of $67,755.

The average age of the teens in the study was 15.8 years-old. For genders, 51% were male, 47% female, and 2% non-binary.

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