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Silly iPhone Studies, How & Why, Study of Studies ;-)

Feb 10, 2011 7:34AM PST

Dear Buzz Gang and Crew,
With the iPhone being released on Verizon, I am sure that there will be a new wave of silly iPhone studies about people who own the phone. I have read that researchers and sociologist love to use the iPhone for research studies because it is so easy to get the data. Also it seems that iPhone users love to talk about themselves (study pending). Wink It is so weird that the mobile phone and specifically the iPhone has become the defacto human behavioral pattern analysis device.

Some previous silly iPhone studies:

1. iPhone Users have more sex
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20013286-10391704.html
2. iPhone Users are information junkies
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/iphone-addiction-study-pa_n_490748.html
3. iPhone Users are more statisfied?
http://www.cultofmac.com/study-iphone-most-satisfying-to-use-smartphone-but-android-users-most-loyal/77671
4. iPhone Users are Younger, Richer, More Productive
http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/study-iphone-users-are-younger-richer-and-more-productive/
5. iPhone Users are more materialistic
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_study_paints_iphone_owners_as_materialistic_fickle.php
6. iPhone Users Love AT&T?
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Study-iPhone-Users-Actually-Secretly-Love-ATT-109534
7. iPhone Users are Tea Party Supporters
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/10/iphone_tea_party.php
8. iPhone Users are Happier than other smartphone owners
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/19/changewave.says.iphone.4.satisfaction.tops.android/
9. iPhone Users hate ads
http://gigaom.com/2009/09/14/mobile-advertising-sucks/
10. iPhone Users are Delusional
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Strand-Consult-iPhone-Stockholm-Syndrome,news-5334.html
11. iPhone Users are deviant egomaniacs
http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/11/06/study-shows-iphone-users-are-deviant-egomaniacs/

And finally the silliest study of them all.....

12. iPhone Users are Genetically Superior to Everyone Else
http://gizmodo.com/#!5289569

Later People. Happy

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(NT) *facepalms*
Feb 10, 2011 8:30AM PST
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Well, that did not take long, more silly iphone studies
Feb 13, 2011 6:07AM PST

13. More Kids (2 to 5) can use iPhone than tie shoestrings
http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/434010_kids24.html
14. iPhone Users more Valuable Than Android Users
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=144817
15. Most iPhone Users running IOS 4.x or higher
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/17/bump-study-90-of-ios-users-run-4-x/

and I thought study number 12 was really silly....check this one out:

16. Workers in the Sex industry prefer Facebook and iPhone (Yes, a real study)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/09/sex-workers-facebook-_n_820345.html

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Not surprising.
Feb 14, 2011 2:23AM PST

Drop the word "iPhone" or "iPad" into just about anything on the web and you've got automatic traffic fanboy and hater traffic with a whole lot of silent gawkers coming to see the sparks fly. Look at how many cr@ppy "iPhone killer" pieces get written or how many "10 best" (or worst0 lists get written around this fact. Even politicians use it as a cheap way to get some media attention.