News - Kids are looking forward to an Apple flavoured Xmas

[Dottorrent]

I remember when a Gameboy was top of my wishlist, so not much has changed!



Hate to break it to you but it's not just Americans that absorb advertising

I couldn't care less for advertising to be honest.

[saltyzip]

One thing that might be interesting however is the "tablet computer other than iPad" figure for 13+ year olds which is 18%. This is good for competition and obviously for Google and Amazon.

The general ageing public are mostly brain washed into buying an iPad as they've not heard of anything else. Google and Samsung need to step up the marketing campaign big time for the Christmas period.

Still its encouraging reading for us Android lovers.

[kingpotnoodle]

I couldn't care less for advertising to be honest.

You might think that but advertising is clever, it gets at you even though you don't realise...

[dahools]

I bought a Dyson Hoover the other day. Did you see what I did there? A phone is an iphone, a tablet is an ipad, MP3 player is an ipod to children. They often use the generic name such as Hoover to describe the product even though the manufacturer is different.

Kids may also want an ipad but that doesn't mean a parent is going to fork out £400 on one for their 6 year old just because the 6 year old has heard other people talking about an ipad.

I think you bought a Dyson "Vacuum Cleaner" and have fell into the trap you were trying to warn people about. Hoover are a brand too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hoover_Company , not a generic descriptive name for a for a product, such as "smart phone" or "Mp3 Player"
What you have said is the same as saying "I bought a Sony Microsoft". As you haven't realised, using brand names as a product has been going on for alot longer than apple "i" devices have been knocking round, probably nearly a century or so. Its nothing new.

I dont think any company will be basing their sales figures on those two surveys of a few children in the U.S so I wouldn't worry for them too much.

[Clydonian]

Weak minded fools, looks like apple's subliminal indoctrination is working, lol hopefully the parents will have some sense and buy them an android device ie Samsung, Asus or the Google branded ones...

[miniyazz]

Weak minded fools, looks like apple's subliminal indoctrination is working, lol hopefully the parents will have some sense and buy them an android device ie Samsung, Asus or the Google branded ones...

You're totally right, an Android tablet will definitely be the best choice for every single child in the Western World. We should spread the word straight away!

Oh, wait.

[Clydonian]

Hah fair point lol

[Darth Sidious]

Smells like another lustful Apple Victory

[BlackShade]

the new era of gaming has awoken starting with younger subjects

[DarthRager]

The kids who want i-sh*t are i-idiots

[miniyazz]

You're an i-idiot.

[realstock]

Advertising obviously pays, but to assume that it is advertising alone would be wrong.

The iPads are ideal IMO for children and old people (50-60+). Just because the devices are so intuitive and easy to use, you should be able to drop that device in front of your kid/mum/dad/grandparents, and they should be able to get round the device without any questions.

Which for anyone member of the family that has been marked as 'working with computers' means I don't get any phone calls about general use.... awesome!

[Gordy]

For those saying it's due to advertising



http://www.asymco.com/2012/11/29/the...ling-galaxies/

[abaxas]

Good marketing, good product = good sales.

[Noxvayl]

@ Gordy: It's not how much you spend on advertising but how effective your advertising is; how much free advertising you produce by having the "cool factor" where people talk about a product they heard about with colleagues and family is unaccounted for by numbers analysis. Case and point is the prevalence of "i" branding, Apple didn't spend billions on labelling their products with "i's" yet it caught on and is now used by Intel and other me-too companies riding on Apples effective wave of marketing. How much of that success is down to good judgement and how much was sheer luck we will never know but it's obvious how well Apple's marketing worked despite not spending much on it which is evident in your link.

[Gordy]

Good marketing, good product = good sales.

Very true, no amount of amazing advertising will sell a rubbish product for long.

@ Gordy: It's not how much you spend on advertising but how effective your advertising is; how much free advertising you produce by having the "cool factor" where people talk about a product they heard about with colleagues and family is unaccounted for by numbers analysis. Case and point is the prevalence of "i" branding, Apple didn't spend billions on labelling their products with "i's" yet it caught on and is now used by Intel and other me-too companies riding on Apples effective wave of marketing. How much of that success is down to good judgement and how much was sheer luck we will never know but it's obvious how well Apple's marketing worked despite not spending much on it which is evident in your link.

Indeed, that would be impossible to calculate.