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    Predictive Analysis: Who Wins the Holidays—iPhone or Samsung Galaxy?

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    Chris Preimesberger
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    November 9, 2018
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      There are iPhone loyalists and Samsung loyalists, but which smartphones will be selling out this holiday season? According to a new survey by Swagbucks, an rewards- and loyalty-program company operated by Prodege, LLC, adults and teens are split between the two.

      Overall, adults are most excited to purchase a new Samsung smartphone, with a third (32 percent) of adults choosing a Samsung, while a full half (51 percent) of teens are excited about an iPhone. 

      The national survey of 1,000 U.S. adults and 500 teens, conducted online by Prodege in October, also found that women most want the iPhone XS Max, while men want the Galaxy S10:

      Which smartphone would you most like to receive?

        Women

          Men

      iPhone XS Max

      71 percent

         29 percent

      Samsung Galaxy S9

      67 percent

         33 percent

      iPhone XS

      44 percent

         11 percent

      Samsung Galaxy S10

      38 percent

         63 percent

      ———————————-

      All I Want For Christmas Is …

      The survey discovered that the No. 1 electronic gift on American wish lists this year is a computer or laptop (21 percent), followed by a new smartphone (19 percent) or a TV (11 percent). Teens, on the other hand, want a new smartphone (32 percent), a computer/laptop (18 percent) or a tablet (16 percent).

      When asked which non-electronic gift they want, teens and parents agreed on gift cards:

      Which non-electronic gift would you most like to receive?

       Adults

          Teens

      Gift card

      37 percent

         19 percent

      Clothing

      13 percent

         19 percent

      An experiential gift (e.g., spa day)

      13 percent

          9 percent

      Home goods

      10 percent

          3 percent

      Accessories

      5 percent

          3 percent

      ———————————

      Americans Will Spend on Family, But Not Friends

      The vast majority of American moms (82 percent) plan to spend the most money on their children this holiday season. This is also true of some American dads (58 percent), but a full third of them plan to spend more on their spouse or significant other.

      The rest of American adults will drop the most money on a gift for their sweetheart. They will spend the least on gifts for their coworkers and extended family.

      A quarter of Americans reveal that they plan to spend between $300 to $500 on holiday shopping this year (24 percent). Additionally, Americans say the sweet spot budget for one person’s gift is between $50 and $150 (43 percent).

      Black Friday Continues to Be a Hot Shopping Day

      Almost all Americans (85 percent) say that they plan to do some shopping during the Black Friday weekend. Many plan to shop at more than five stores (32 percent). About 1 in 5 Americans (21 percent) will shop exclusively online this year, but the majority (70 percent) will shop both in-store and online.

      The survey also found that 19 percent of Americans plan to shop on Thanksgiving itself, and a quarter (24 percent) will alter plans with their family to shop.

      “Over the years we’ve seen people begin holiday shopping earlier and earlier,” said Chuck Davis, CEO and Chairman of Prodege, LLC. “Whether you begin your shopping during the summer or on Black Friday weekend, Swagbucks can help you save and earn money on all of your big ticket purchases, like the iPhone or Galaxy, or on clothing and gift cards.”

      Swagbucks.com is a popular web-based rewards program that gives users free gift cards and cash for the everyday things they already do online. Swagbucks already has paid out more than $300 million in cash and free gift cards. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., Swagbucks is owned by Prodege, LLC, an internet media company that operates multiple customer engagement brands.

      Chris Preimesberger
      https://www.eweek.com/author/cpreimesberger/
      Chris J. Preimesberger is Editor Emeritus of eWEEK. In his 16 years and more than 5,000 articles at eWEEK, he distinguished himself in reporting and analysis of the business use of new-gen IT in a variety of sectors, including cloud computing, data center systems, storage, edge systems, security and others. In February 2017 and September 2018, Chris was named among the 250 most influential business journalists in the world (https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-250-business-journalists/) by Richtopia, a UK research firm that used analytics to compile the ranking. He has won several national and regional awards for his work, including a 2011 Folio Award for a profile (https://www.eweek.com/cloud/marc-benioff-trend-seer-and-business-socialist/) of Salesforce founder/CEO Marc Benioff--the only time he has entered the competition. Previously, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. He has been a stringer for the Associated Press since 1983 and resides in Silicon Valley.

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