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Your Impressions of "Average" iPhone and Android Users Are Confirmed

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday November 24 2016, @01:34PM   
from the bring-on-the-flames dept.

dbe writes:

Ever wonder why iPhone users often seem to have the same personality, or why you could never understand an Android fan?

UK researchers finally developed a test that could predict what kind of cellphone a user is likely to have, and here are the conclusions:

A comparison of both Android and iPhone users revealed that iPhone users are more likely to be:

        Younger
        More than twice as likely to be women
        More likely to see their phone as a status object
        More extraverted
        Less concerned about owning devices favoured by most people

In contrast, Android users were more likely to be:

        Male
        Older
        More honest
        More agreeable
        Less likely to break rules for personal gain
        Less interested in wealth and status

The full article is paywalled but an abstract is avilable.

Now if only there was a way to separate correlation and causation...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161121144206.htm

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• All aboard... All aboard... (Score: 3, Funny) by skater on Thursday November 24 2016, @06:26PM

  by skater (4342) on Thursday November 24 2016, @06:26PM (#432493) Journal

  Hate train for iPhone users now leaving the station on track 1. All aboard!

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• Re:All aboard... (Score: 3, Funny) by Nerdfest on Thursday November 24 2016, @08:03PM

  by Nerdfest (80) on Thursday November 24 2016, @08:03PM (#432549)

  That train left a long time ago. (If you're late, perhaps you were holding your phone wrong).

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