

It also told us that nearly half of those purchasing a Mac or iPad, and over two-thirds of those purchasing an Apple Watch, were new to those products.

An iPhone user is also three times more likely than an Android owner to have a total household income over $300,000/annum. In addition to that, 35% of Apple’s iOS owners have household incomes over $100,000 per year.

I’ve seen claims that the mean income of a US Android owner is $69,647, while iPhone user’s make $88,256. Apple’s customers tend to be more affluent than those on competing platforms.In a recent email shared with me, Julie Ask, Forrester Research VP and principal analyst, pointed out several of these traits: In "interesting times," growth is impossible unless you build out toward certain characteristics, which Apple already enjoys.
