How old are iPhone owners?

[jbaraga]

Just a little demographic survey for the fun of it.

[ColsTiger]

Just a little demographic survey for the fun of it.

Well based on the at&t survey I took this morning, this information will probably be coming out soon, but I'll play along.:wink:

ColsTiger = 47

[ccr78]

I am interested in seeing where this poll goes. I was wondering how old the average iPhone user is.

[Alexander]

15. I'm probably the youngest on these forums.

[oriolesfan23]

I'm a proud 17 year old iPhone owner. :laugh2:

[Maaz]

wow alot of rich kids.

[Alexander]

wow alot of rich kids.

I'm not going to sugar coat it - Alpharetta, Georgia is the epitome of rich kids. :laugh2:

[spacerog]

A better would be

"How old are iPhone users that visit this website?" I suspect that the result sof this poll will be skewed slightly to the younger crowd.

- SR

[jbaraga]

I decided to post this after looking at many of the avatars throughout various threads and realizing that there are LOTS of young people with this device. While waiting in line last Friday, I was surprised at how many people were either buying iPhones for their VERY young kids or were young themselves.

[jbaraga]

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

Clearly, the people who respond to this poll are people who visit this website. On the converse, people who do NOT visit this website will not respond to this poll. What's the point in qualifying it like that?

[Alexander]

I decided to post this after looking at many of the avatars throughout various threads and realizing that there are LOTS of young people with this device. While waiting in line last Friday, I was surprised at how many people were either buying iPhones for their VERY young kids or were young themselves.

Other than the price, everything about this phone suggests a "next generation" user. Look at the average high school as to how many people have iPods, then look for the same at a corporate business. YouTube is clearly occupied by a younger generation IMO.

Though this phone has a calendar etc., that doesn't seem like the feature Apple is trying so "SELL".

Of course, this can be argued.

[ColsTiger]

I teach 7th grade Language Arts, and I expect several of my students to have the iPhone when we go back to school next month.

[everythingiphone123]

15. I'm probably the youngest on these forums.
i am fifteen too

[everythingiphone123]

wow alot of rich kids.
i worked for my money...

[jbaraga]

Other than the price, everything about this phone suggests a "next generation" user. Look at the average high school as to how many people have iPods, then look for the same at a corporate business. YouTube is clearly occupied by a younger generation IMO.

Though this phone has a calendar etc., that doesn't seem like the feature Apple is trying so "SELL".

Of course, this can be argued.

I agree with you to a point, but what you have to realize is that Apple has introduced a device into the market with a much simpler, more intuitive user interface than we've seen on any mobile device to date. This will appeal to the less tech-saavy crowd who are intimidated by their Treos & Blackberries. A couple of the VPs at my company already bought iPhones, and they're both in their 50s. They liked them for the simplicity and ease of use.

Your point about the demograpics of iPod owners is well taken, but look at who buys most of the Treos & Blackberries - I'd wager most of them are business users. As Apple begins to integrate more business-oriented functionality (syncing with Exchange Server for contacts, calendars, task lists, etc.) into the iPhone, they'll steal a lot of business away from other mobile device manufacturers who have been getting away with offering sub-par products for years.

[AllanGT]

25 here, with a couple of buddies 27-30 that also own an iPhone

[Ljp]

Actually I disagree on demographics to a degree. I'm 40, and almost everyone I work with has an ipod. If you work in a corporate culture that requires the use of a blackberry or treo, you very quickly get used to electronic devices like these. I think its much more based on where you are or what you do that drives the demographics more than age.

[Alexander]

I have this whole impression from a conversation I had with my father. He is the Regional Account manager for the 3rd largest pharmaceuticals company in the world, and to call him a "business user" of anything would almost be an understatement.

When I first came home with the iPhone, I came to his office to show him because he had only briefly seen it in the paper. I showed him the Calendar, and he said it was "Alright". I tried showing him YouTube, but it wouldn't load, and he said "I don't care about YouTube" in almost an inpatient voice. Next I showed him the iPod, and he was impressed. However when I turned it to display the Cover Flow, he claimed "Why would anyone care about the pictures?".

Lastly, he requested to see the E-mail, what he was looking forward to. He liked the way it was easy to read and simplistic, and asked me to call one in for him. However after reading these forums further, I had to break to him the iPhone "Isn't available to corporate users yet".

I guess the previous conversation supports the wide use of the iPod theory, but limits the argument the iPhone has a large business audience.

[Ljp]

My point wasn't that the iphone has a large business audience. My point was that business users who have gotten comfortable with electronics by using treos and blackberries are more likely to buy devices such as ipods and iphones than others in the same age range.

No, it currrently doesn't support business email the way a blackberry does, but back when I got my first ipod, if you were a windows user you had to use some jukebox or something program because itunes (or whatever it was called then) was only for Apple computers. Things change. Just because it doesn't support it now doesn't mean it never will.

Also, I agree with whoever said this upthread, but iphone frankly is much easier to use all the features of then most cellphones. I could explain this phone to my 65 year old mother in about 10 minutes and she'd be good to go. I wouldn't even attempt to explain texting on a regular cellphone to her right now.

[oriolesfan23]

i worked for my money...

Me too.

Did anyone have their parents buy them their iPhone?

My parents almost wouldn't let me by the iPhone with MY OWN money. They said it was such a waste. But, I got it anyways, and I love it!! :laugh2:

[MiPhone147]

23 here and came from a blackberry curve. i have a feeling we will be seeing a very young demographic with these phones in the coming months.

[ColsTiger]

Me too.

Did anyone have their parents buy them their iPhone?

My parents almost wouldn't let me by the iPhone with MY OWN money. They said it was such a waste. But, I got it anyways, and I love it!! :laugh2:

Hell, I'm 47 and my dad thought it was too much money. I think if you ask the majority of people in a survey, they would say it's too much money.:smile:

[robhon]

i worked for my money...

That's how one day you will end up with rich kids of your own! :smile:

[oriolesfan23]

Hell, I'm 47 and my dad thought it was too much money. I think if you ask the majority of people in a survey, they would say it's too much money.:smile:

A few months ago I said it was too much money. But, after I bought it and tried it out I didn't care about the price. I had no problem with giving up $600 to buy it.

[robhon]

Yo! Cols. You and me both are 47.

[Alexander]

My point wasn't that the iphone has a large business audience. My point was that business users who have gotten comfortable with electronics by using treos and blackberries are more likely to buy devices such as ipods and iphones than others in the same age range.

No, it currrently doesn't support business email the way a blackberry does, but back when I got my first ipod, if you were a windows user you had to use some jukebox or something program because itunes (or whatever it was called then) was only for Apple computers. Things change. Just because it doesn't support it now doesn't mean it never will.

Also, I agree with whoever said this upthread, but iphone frankly is much easier to use all the features of then most cellphones. I could explain this phone to my 65 year old mother in about 10 minutes and she'd be good to go. I wouldn't even attempt to explain texting on a regular cellphone to her right now.

You are right, it is very simplistic and easy to explain. And I agree, it will be widely available to business users in no time.

Just at the moment this survey is being taken, I would advise the earlier poster to not be surprised it is showing mostly younger users, as business accounts aren't even active yet.

[tray]

this really would be interesting once a higher percentage of users find it and participate. it was quite a wide range of ages of people standing in line where i was :-)

[robhon]

Actually, all the polls on sites like these are just for fun. There's not going to be anything you could base important decisions on. You could, and should, literally tack on the phrase "...who posts on forums like this" to any poll title. So, this poll really should be called "How old are iPhone owners who post on forums like this?"

It's like trying to average a list of averages. It doesn't work. The data is wrong. A site like this is not a random sampling. It's a subset that has it's own demographic built in. So, here you're really only looking at a demographic of this site.

So, enjoy these polls but don't bet the farm on them.

[jbaraga]

Just at the moment this survey is being taken, I would advise the earlier poster to not be surprised it is showing mostly younger users, as business accounts aren't even active yet.

I definitely consider myself a "business user," but I have my cell phone plan under my own name instead of my company's. I suspect a lot of people's employers reimburse them for their cell phone bills instead of assuming responsibility for those numbers/accounts.

[iphonesinc]

i don't think most business users are going to be wanting to replace their blackberry for an iphone.

amirite?

[MomPOM]

I'm 33 and feeling ancient with all the kiddos with my new toy. :)

[spacerog]

I decided to post this after looking at many of the avatars throughout various threads and realizing that there are LOTS of young people with this device. While waiting in line last Friday, I was surprised at how many people were either buying iPhones for their VERY young kids or were young themselves.

My line was just the opposite. Lots of older people. When I say older I mean above 35. The oldest guy we had in our line was 75! He was number 42 or so I think.

- SR

[FREDG]

17 just graduated high school

[TrippalHealicks]

Yay! Go 25-29 year olds!!! haha

[jbaraga]

Actually, all the polls on sites like these are just for fun. There's not going to be anything you could base important decisions on. You could, and should, literally tack on the phrase "...who posts on forums like this" to any poll title. So, this poll really should be called "How old are iPhone owners who post on forums like this?"

It's like trying to average a list of averages. It doesn't work. The data is wrong. A site like this is not a random sampling. It's a subset that has it's own demographic built in. So, here you're really only looking at a demographic of this site.

So, enjoy these polls but don't bet the farm on them.

Thanks, but read my earlier "Captain Obvious" post. Clearly, the people responding to this survey are visitors of this website. What's the point in qualifying it with a description like that? If you hand out a survey to all the people sitting in a specific room, would you need to qualify it by describing it as a survey of all the people in that room? Of course not. If a person isn't visiting this site, then clearly they aren't responding to the poll.

This is purely a way for me/us to better understand the crowd I'm now a part of on this website. I don't really have any motives beyond that, and I would certainly hope that anyone trying to do anything legitimate or marketing-related would do much better homework than this.

[Alexander]

I definitely consider myself a "business user," but I have my cell phone plan under my own name instead of my company's. I suspect a lot of people's employers reimburse them for their cell phone bills instead of assuming responsibility for those numbers/accounts.

Unlike other items he expenses and is reimbursed, the company DOES take responsibility for his account. His bill does not come to our house, and is not connected to the rest of the family at all. They check your account when purchasing an iPhone, and his is a corporate account.

[chris07]

well im 15 going on 16 i do not have my iphone yet but very soon like maybe this weekend..

my dad 43 and he can be considered a business user because of how he owns hes own company. he's a treo person but i know once i get the iphone hes gonna buy it right after he plays with mine even though every since the first day it was on the news hes always been talking about how stupid its gonna be and blah blah blah i knew from the time i did my research on it that hes going to buy it and probaly as soon as a couple of days after i get mine. he has an ipod that he never uses but with the iphone its going to be different i think he will love it i know hes gonna put music on it but hes probaly never gonna listen to it off the iphone just like hes ipod.. I think he'll just have fun with the wifi and all the other cool features.