Apple, Netflix, GameStop score well in U.S. teen survey

By | October 8, 2014

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A survey of U.S. teenagers by Piper Jaffray bodes well for Apple, Netflix and GameStop. Piper Jaffray interviewed about 7,200 high school students nationwide for its 28th semi-annual teen survey. Among other things, the survey showed that teens continue to love the Apple (AAPL) iPhone and iPad, but aren’t that interested in the company’s upcoming Apple Watch smartwatch. The iPhone remains the top smartphone among teens, with 67% market share in the fall survey. That’s up from 61% in Piper Jaffray’s spring survey. Apple’s share gain from the spring came almost entirely at the expense of Google (GOOGL) Android devices, which lost five percentage points, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said in a report late Tuesday. “We also note that 73% of teens stated that they expect their next phone to be an iPhone and thus there remains continued upside to Apple’s share in teen smartphones,” Munster said. Meanwhile, Apple… Scalper1 News

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