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    How Apple captured Gen Z in the US — and changed their social circles

    Younger Americans prefer an iPhone over Android by huge margins, creating unusual pressure over how they communicate

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    How Apple captured Gen Z in the US — and changed their social circles

    The Gen Z preference for iPhone is more pronounced in the US than elsewhere. (Representative image)

    Patrick McGee in San Francisco Apple has captured Gen Z in the US so thoroughly that younger consumers fear being socially ostracised for not having an iPhone, a trend that will allow the tech giant to gain market share across multiple product categories. Gen Z users — those born after 1996 — make up 34 per cent of all iPhone owners in the US, versus 10 per cent for Samsung, according to new data from Attain, an adtech data platform. The figure...

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