Study Paints iPhone Users As Porn-Watching Egomaniacs

iPhone users find cool gadgets more attractive than college degrees, frequently watch "adult material" on their phones, and have no qualms texting or emailing a break up, reports a new study from Retrevo.

The not-entirely-scientific results come from a study comparing iPhone owners to Blackberry users.

A few of the stats from the survey:

Retrevo asked, "What makes a person most attractive to you?" iPhone owners preferred cool gadgets over a college degree three to one.

One in three iPhone owners has texted or emailed their significant other to break up.

One in three iPhone owners say that, if their partner had out-of-date gadgets, it would be a turnoff.

One in five iPhone owners admits to frequently watching "adult material" on their iPhones. (Twice as many as BlackBerry owners).

One in four iPhone users has broken up with their partner because that person spent too much time on their mobile device.

The study also noted that, "Compared with other cell phone users, iPhone owners are more likely to see themselves as media buffs, extroverts, and intellectuals," with 40% of iPhone users
claiming to be "intellectual," and only 36% of Blackberry users saying the same.

These results should, of course, be taken with a grain of salt. As ReadWriteWeb notes,

Clearly, this survey wasn't meant to be an in-depth examination of the smartphone toting population...And by keeping the sample size to a low number - only 445 individuals - there's no guarantee that these folks are representative of the population at large in any way...Still, you have to wonder if there isn't a tiny bit of truth hiding in these numbers somewhere.

What do you think? Can you identify? Let us know!

Comments

[SarahinMass]

OH MY!

[drywdragon]

Why even mention this study? It's a survey of 445 people out of millions of blackberry and iphone users. Where is the margin of error posted? Look at the results and tell me what you see - basically very little difference from a statistical standpoint. Also how many blackberry users have them for business and got them through the company they work for - quite a few. I don't know about you but I doubt many people want to be looking up porn or sending personal texts when they know their company is looking over their shoulder. I can say for certain that none of items listed in this article apply to me and I have an iPhone so by my unscientific sample 100% of iPhone users don't fit the profile described by that survey.

[manysounds]

I got rid of my iPhone and have no want for anything like it. Of course, my netbook is with me wherever I go instead but it cost LESS than the i3gs and I don't pay a stupid monthly rape fee.

[Wide Stance]

"One-in-five [20%, or "two-in-ten"] iPhone owners admits to frequently watching "adult material" on their iPhones. Twice as many as BlackBerry owners [10%, or one-in-ten]."

Reasonable explanation:

One-in-ten Blackberry owners *lies* about their porn viewing.

[VINER]

when I see young people out on a date - and they are paying more attention to their phone/pod whatever, it makes me sad. Get a clue people, live in the present.
-v

[PoliticiansRspineless]

The Iphone Best gift I ever bought my wife after 25 years of marriage....Instead of bugging me all the time she is mesmarized by this thing!

[coastalcarla]

I did a "not so scientific" study with 45 people I personally know. The result? Twitter users are 89% republicans.

One more reason I don't tweet.

[whsmith]

Was the study sponsored by iPhone competitors?

[hopefull2008]

The think that annoys me most about other iphone users who complain about coverage, dropped calls and call quality. Just do what I do and carry a regular Verizon handset for calls and use the iphone for apps and messaging. Duuuh ... !

[whsmith]

um... yeah, because you're already paying $80+ per month with a 2 year contract for poor AT&T coverage - you shouldn't need to carry a backup phone

[ctblue]

Get the Huffpost iPhone app. It's clearly the only way they let you post.

[dlvme2]

:O) I do not have the Iphone Huff post application and I posted.

[lightningbolt]

"The not-entire­ly-scienti­fic results"

A study that is not fully scientific is totally meaningless and inaccurate.

[coastalcarla]

Don't tell anyone over at FOX that!

[PopeRatzo]

As a proud gay man, I'm glad that Apple has designed a product in the iPhone for our community.

[boden]

Dad, is that you?

[Snwbnny9]

iPhone users shallow? Hmmnn wow, who would have thought? Just because they are using their phones when you are standing/sitting right in front of them...

[Wide Stance]

That logic applies to anyone, not specifically iPhone users.

Here's a conclusion supported by the sample of comments in this thread:
Blackberry­/non-iPhon­e users tend to have poor reasoning.

(Small sample admittedly, but the correlation is high.)

[boden]

Gadget addiction is just that... an addiction. Therefor a disease, therefor not my fault that I'm a pompous self righteous git. I "need" the newest latest greatest, Oh look... something shiny.

[coastalcarla]

lol

[spinchange]

ROFL.
Guilty as charged.
(except for the break-up part, though we have exchanged hate texts in the heat of an argument)