According to a study, smarter people use iPhones

[PhantomChevron]

Yeah, really. There is good part and bads parts of all phone OS's and well it comes to user preference.  

Exactly, getting tired of this nonsense already, I used to be somewhat of a Fanboy, but now I can't really care less.

[sof006]

Using a specific piece of hardware doesn't make you more clever. I don't need a study to state that this "study" is a load of bull.

[ManOfDisguise]

so "According to a study smarter people are dumber" ?

[shadowblitz3]

complete nonsense and irrelevant study.

just plain BS

[skywake]

Money helps you get a good education and a good education helps people get more money

If you have no money then an iPhone probably isn't even an option for you, the cheapest phones are Android based

Therefore people who can buy iPhones are more likely to have a good education

 

It doesn't tell you anything more than that

[JamGorby]

More click-bait bullshit. 

[GarnetDevil]

Study my ass, I'm 18, I'm using a BlackBerry Q10, and I'm smarter than almost all of my classmates who use smartphones (iPhone included)

 

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[Techteen14]

When are people going to get that college graduate != smarter?

I switched to Android because I'm too smart for iOS. Also, I made the smart financial desicion to buy a $350 phone with the specs of a $650 one because common sense.

[han_han08]

it just means people with money buy iphones..simple as that..nothing to do with intelligence whatsoever

[Swndlr]

well that doesnt explain my D in algebra...

[Victorious Secret]

Shame on the OP for posting this clickbait bullshit as "tech news" and shame on everyone who has been involved. People use whatever phone they like. End of story. 

If you're actually sensitive to what phones people use, well, you've got bigger issues to deal with if thats what affects your life. Maybe a mod needs to lock this thread because this is ridiculous. 

[mr moose]

Shame on the OP for posting this clickbait bullshit as "tech news" and shame on everyone who has been involved. People use whatever phone they like. End of story. 

If you're actually sensitive to what phones people use, well, you've got bigger issues to deal with if thats what affects your life. Maybe a mod needs to lock this thread because this is ridiculous. 

 

I'm not sensitive to what phones people use, or computers for that matter.  I am however sensitive to BS studies being presented as facts that insinuate something totally unqualified form the attained data.

And sorry, I can't help myself. I have to call BS when I see it.  LTT is full of impressionable teens who will be in charge of the world when I am an dilapidated old man who can't use modern technology.

[sticx]

Notably, Chitika found that increased wealth is also linked to greater iPhone sales -- but since college degrees also correlate with higher incomes, Chitika says those results are redundant.

Other studies have found similar results. Rich, white males tend to buy more iPhones, particularly in the first weeks that they go on sale.

In the first month of sales, nearly 80% of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus buyers in the United States were male, and more than 60% made over $75,000 a year, according to Slice, a company that tracks consumer purchases.

 

 

You could also see it the other way around... rich people tend to buy more iphones.. and they just happen to be better educated. Then the smartness is redundant, which makes more sense.. because it's an expensive phone to buy. But that isn't so interesting, so they just declared the rich factor redundant to gain more views. Shouldn't pay to much attention to idiots who practice these kind of statistical analysis...

[NickTheMajin]

When are people going to get that college graduate != smarter?

I switched to Android because I'm too smart for iOS. Also, I made the smart financial desicion to buy a $350 phone with the specs of a $650 one because common sense.

 

Too smart for iOS my ass. Get off your high horse. Plenty of extremely intelligent and influential people use iPhones. Just because you know how to root and install custom roms doesn't make you smarter. It just means you're a geek who has the ability to Google things. 

[Techteen14]

Too smart for iOS my ass. Get off your high horse.

Maybe I should have said "tech savvy", but in this world tech savvy is synonymous with intelligence.

Also, I made this based on your signature:

Plenty of extremely intelligent and influential people use iPhones.

But the fact that they do doesn't affect their intelligence/influence, and vice versa. Also, speaking from experience here, there are tons of stupid people with iPhones too.

Just because you know how to root and install custom roms doesn't make you smarter.

Actually, I don't know how to and don't care to. Unlike with iOS, you don't need to root ("jailbreak") your device to get a good experience. CM11S is that good, I don't feel like anything is missing. ROMs aren't the only advantage Android has over iOS, there's customization, multitasking and real widgets, and that doesn't scratch the surface.

It just means you're a geek who has the ability to Google things.

Thanks for the complement, most people don't seem to be able to affectively do that these days. Also, I pride myself in being a geek, it means I'm more technologically literate and thus have more potential for sucess than most technologically illiterate people.

[NickTheMajin]

Maybe I should have said "tech savvy", but in this world tech savvy is synonymous with intelligence.

Also, I made this based on your signature:

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But the fact that they do doesn't affect their intelligence/influence, and vice versa. Also, speaking from experience here, there are tons of stupid people with iPhones too.

Actually, I don't know how to and don't care to. Unlike with iOS, you don't need to root ("jailbreak") your device to get a good experience. CM11S is that good, I don't feel like anything is missing. ROMs aren't the only advantage Android has over iOS, there's customization, multitasking and real widgets, and that doesn't scratch the surface.

Thanks for the complement, most people don't seem to be able to affectively do that these days. Also, I pride myself in being a geek, it means I'm more technologically literate and thus have more potential for sucess than most technologically illiterate people.

 

In no part of my post did I mention hating Android. I have in the past liked Android. Moreso though I like technology and all forms of it. The point of my post is that its utterly idiotic to state that you are simply "too smart for a particular operating system" (And no tech savviness is not at all equivalent to intelligence, especially when its all stuff you can learn by googling). 

[Victorious Secret]

I'm not sensitive to what phones people use, or computers for that matter.  I am however sensitive to BS studies being presented as facts that insinuate something totally unqualified form the attained data.

And sorry, I can't help myself. I have to call BS when I see it.  LTT is full of impressionable teens who will be in charge of the world when I am an dilapidated old man who can't use modern technology.

 

Rest easy, 99% of this forum won't be leading in anything, especially if they're so willing to eat up anything that gets presented to them. Its usually the people who don't accept things at face value and make their own conclusions that end up leading anything.

It is a BS study. Lets back up, lets not even give it the dignity of being called a study. Its garbage designed to conjure up exactly this kind of bickering and moral superiority complexes. But hey, this forum (more now than ever) loves a good circle jerk over OS or anything else thats the flavour of the day.

[Trik'Stari]

Rest easy, 99% of this forum won't be leading in anything, especially if they're so willing to eat up anything that gets presented to them. Its usually the people who don't accept things at face value and make their own conclusions that end up leading anything.

It is a BS study. Lets back up, lets not even give it the dignity of being called a study. Its garbage designed to conjure up exactly this kind of bickering and moral superiority complexes. But hey, this forum (more now than ever) loves a good circle jerk over OS or anything else thats the flavour of the day.

I think the proper term for this "study" would be pseudo-science. Like "9 out of 10 doctors (that we paid) approve of this product!"

[Victorious Secret]

I think the proper term for this "study" would be pseudo-science. Like "9 out of 10 doctors (that we paid) approve of this product!"

 

Even that is too fair. This "study" is like saying "Look, 9 out of 10 people on reddit said this thing is the bomb, yo" 

[Trik'Stari]

Even that is too fair. This "study" is like saying "Look, 9 out of 10 people on reddit said this thing is the bomb, yo" 

Exactly. It's pseudo-science, pure marketing bullshit.

[Victorious Secret]

Exactly. It's pseudo-science, pure marketing bullshit.

 

And its sad that anyone on this forum, for a single second, took it seriously enough to result in all of this. I feel dirty for even reading the original post. 

[frostin1990]

This OP again :rolleyes:

[Trik'Stari]

And its sad that anyone on this forum, for a single second, took it seriously enough to result in all of this. I feel dirty for even reading the original post. 

Lol as I said originally, there are a LOT of things I could say about their "results" and none of them are polite.

 

And for my own sake and everyone else's, I chose to leave it at that.