Half of US smartphone owners don't know what device they are using

[Craig_]

Here's a test. Imagine if the image below was all jumbled up and the dates were removed. Now identify an iPhone 7...

I don't know iphones at all, so I would be the last person able to identify iphones. Huawei I believe would be easier.

 

[Dirtdiver]

Yup its hard to tell the difference between phones most times. But its not hard to remember 2 or 3 years ago what phone i bought with my own money, that's just dumb to not know what u purchased.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

I don't know iphones at all, so I would be the last person able to identify iphones. Huawei I believe would be easier.

Given the large percentage of iPhones sold in the US, it's not hard to see how they would fail to identify their own phone from a lineup.

That doesn't necessarily make them dumb as you pointed out. If I bought an iPhone 7, I wouldn't be able to identify it in a lineup. Same with some of the Galaxy S phones...

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

But its not hard to remember 2 or 3 years ago what phone i bought with my own money, that's just dumb to not know what u purchased.

Nobody said that was the case...

 

[Johnatan56]

Keep telling you that.This test is maybe not the best indicator of US stupid level but there's plenty of "dumb questions Americans can't answer" tube videos. How many are there of SA'ns?

There's a huge difference between being uneducated and stupid. Most Americans are just plain stupid,even their sport is designed for the short attention life span.

Only in the US you get offered free hugs if your political party lost an election.

You're judging over 320 million people there, really shows your intelligence.

 

[Lupus]

To be honest most none techies wouldn't be able to identify their phone in any country not just the US. I mean most of the iPhones look similar, the Galaxy range looks similar, LG tried so those look slightly different. The average user still only thinks there is Apple and Samsung as well.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

what next? Yanks cant identify their Bakkies?

TBH, most Yanks cant name a country other than Canada and Mexico.
their d0ff that way I guess,

and anyway all Iphones look the same,

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

their d0ff that way I guess,

Yeah, "their" the doff ones...

 

[LazyLion]

But several other government agencies know what they are using...

 

[DarthCat]

But several other government agencies know what they are using...

 

[Ninja'd]

TBH, most Yanks cant name a country other than Canada and Mexico.
their d0ff that way I guess,

At least they've landed multiple times on the moon. Successfully, unlike...

 

[bwana]

Keep telling you that.This test is maybe not the best indicator of US stupid level but there's plenty of "dumb questions Americans can't answer" tube videos. How many are there of SA'ns?

There's a huge difference between being uneducated and stupid. Most Americans are just plain stupid,even their sport is designed for the short attention life span.

Only in the US you get offered free hugs if your political party lost an election.

Would anyone outside of SA care, or need proof?

what next? Yanks cant identify their Bakkies?

TBH, most Yanks cant name a country other than Canada and Mexico.
their d0ff that way I guess,

and anyway all Iphones look the same,

Oh my.

 

[mr_norris]

I feel like I'm nitpicking here, but it seems that Decluttr specialise is like the gumtree for buying and selling refurbished iPhones / Samsungs. I can believe that perhaps some people forget what model they might have (but even that's a bit of a stretch), but I don't believe that someone can forget what brand it is, especially if their website is involved. I mean come on, you either have one brand or the other - no one can miss the branding on the phone (in some cases), the box, the invoice, the startup (in some cases), etc. I question missing all of those signs, while still being literate enough to use a smartphone.

I also wonder where the stats came from. An online poll? A group of people in a mall?

This data to me is not enough to say that half of smartphone owners don't know what device they are using - the "data" and the statement with that are really far apart. That survey and this article is really scraping the barrel.

 

[MirageF1]

LOL!

I'm not surprised really.

 

[JustAsk]

Would anyone outside of SA care, or need proof?

I guess that's one way to spin it.

 

[gregmcc]

And the other half don't know where America is on the map.

 

[Happy Poltergeist]

what next? Yanks cant identify their Bakkies?

TBH, most Yanks cant name a country other than Canada and Mexico.
their d0ff that way I guess,

Yes, you must be right , Yanks will never remember countries like Japan Germany England France Russia China Afghanistan Iraq Iran

 

[Diesal]

Yes, you must be right , Yanks will never remember countries like Japan Germany England France Russia China Afghanistan Iraq Iran

Vietnam?

 

[Ninja'd]

Vietnam?

 

[Arthur]

Keep telling you that.This test is maybe not the best indicator of US stupid level but there's plenty of "dumb questions Americans can't answer" tube videos. How many are there of SA'ns?

There's a huge difference between being uneducated and stupid. Most Americans are just plain stupid,even their sport is designed for the short attention life span.

Only in the US you get offered free hugs if your political party lost an election.

Even stupider is your jaundiced view and outlandishly idiotic generalisation about Americans. Probably the result of an unconscious and deep-seated inferiority complex.