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Rachel Meredith

4/13/15

The Study of IPhones to Androids

Abstract

I have had an IPhone and an Android and I can’t seem to make up my mind on which one I like more than the other.  Recently I went to an AT&T store to get a new phone and I was stuck on the decision I had to make of getting either an IPhone or an Android.  Both phones have up-to-date technology and do a lot of the same things.  The looks of the phone are a little different.  When you unlock the phone and begin to play around, the phones become much more different.  When a lady met with me for some assistance, she asked me if I preferred android or apple. She was taken back with amazement when I responded with an uncertain answer.  She said that most people she meets with know if they prefer IPhones or Androids.  This began to make me question the ratio of people’s preferences to IPhones and Androids.  I asked different people in three different age groups if they preferred IPhones or Androids.

Introduction

IPhone and Android cell phones have created a big debate about which phone is a better phone.  Everyone has a cell phone now a days and almost all of those people who have cell phone have a smart phone like an IPhone or an Android.  Both types of phones are always coming out with new models and new creative assets that come on the phone.  However, there is just something about each phone that people like more than the other.  My hypothesis is that older people like IPhones better than they like androids and the younger people would prefer Androids better than they would like IPhone.

Method

I concluded with my hypothesis because of my knowledge that I know about the phones and the ability of people’s technology uses.  As we all know, normally people that are over 50 didn’t grow up with a lot of technology until they got much older.  Unlike the older people, under people that are younger than 30 have grown up with technology and is more used to the idea of it.  It seems as if older people should like IPhones better because IPhones are known to be more people friendly.  Androids, on the other hand, they have more options and settings.  You can do more with an android people it is so much more customable.  So I made a survey.

I asked 15 people that were under the age of 30 if they preferred iPhone or androids better.   Then I asked 15 people that are between the ages of 30 and 50.  Last I asked people that are over 50 if they like androids or iPhone better.

Results

My results were shocking and not at all what I expected.  11 out of 15 people that were under the age of 30 said that they prefer iPhones over Androids.  I asked two people why they liked IPhone better and one person said because all of their friends have an iPhone.  The other person said that they liked the use of their iTunes.  Then I asked people that were between 30 and 50 and it was pretty even.  7 out of 15 people liked IPhone better.  I asked two people why and one people said that they like the looks of an iPhone better and the other person said that iPhone has more aps.  Last I asked people that were older than 50 and 2 out of 15 people like IPhone better.  I asked two people why they liked Androids better and one person said that because of the business they were in, it was easier to multi-task with an Android.  The other person said that they think that Androids have to best technology and that they last longer.

Over Age 50	IPhone
Ages 30-50	IPhone
Under Age 30	Android

Discussion

I made this survey searching that older people would prefer IPhone more than Androids because of their age and generation.  I figured that younger people would like Androids better because you can do more with them, they are more customable and the use of multi-tasking is easier.  However, I found the complete opposite of my hypothesis.  I found that older people like androids more than IPhone and younger people like iPhone more than androids.  Although my research did not involve a lot of people and it can’t necessarily be used to determine who likes what more, I think that my research proves some good points of why people prefer what they do prefer.