[BookmarkSaver]

I don't follow this at all. I definitely have a very skewed sample, but I haven't ever met a single person who didn't know exactly what type of smartphone they own. Phones are expensive, a Note 7 would be nearly brand new and is the most expensive and highest quality phone out there. I would guess that 99% of owners know what they have. People don't just pick up top-of-the-line flagships on a whim, only the most rich, lazy, AND ignorant person could settle on getting one without knowing exactly what they are buying. Anyone who is missing even just one of those qualities would end up with a different phone or know what they own.

And again, I've literally never met a person who couldn't immediately name their model smartphone, not the most dumbass poor person I've met nor my completely tech illiterate grandparents. Also, your breakdown seems fanciful anyway, who in the world would know that they have a Samsung "Galaxy"? No one cares about that name, it's only ever said in the middle of the whole title, it isn't a thing that people think about on its own.

[gambiting]

Well, my parents were neither lazy or ignorant, they had top-of-the-line phones because I would pick them for them, but neither one of them could tell you which model they had, my mum knew she had an iPhone, and my dad knew he had an HTC. They were too busy running a business and putting food on our table to care about specific model of their phone, as long as it worked. My mum doesn't even know or care what car she drives exactly, apart from the fact that it's a silver nissan and it needs diesel fuel, because again, she's too busy making sure her 120 employees get paid on time each month and that the business keeps on running.

I don't know, I just have a massive issue with you calling people who don't know their phones lazy/rich/ignorant. It's really not fair.

[Houshalter]

Well the Galaxy Note 7 is a higher end device so maybe. But my parents both bought smartphones and they couldn't name the model. I tested this theory just now and my dad got the even the manufacturer wrong.

[distances]

Indeed, I think at least for most older people their phone is what reads on it. If it says Nokia, it's Nokia and they likely have no idea what Android/iOS/Symbian/Tizen even mean.

[ghshephard]

Right - the parent was saying if you have the absolute latest flagship phone, you're likely to know it. The type of people who don't know the model of their phone are those who aren't buying the "Just released in last 60 days and is the most expensive in it's class" type smartphones.

[BoorishBears]

Or they just got their first flagship and went with the most expensive one because the monthly cost didn't seem that large. I don't buy that most phone owners know the phone they own, but I could definitely see non-phone enthusiasts ending up with Note 7s

[wyager]

Meh. I had to look up what version of iPhone I had earlier today. All I know is I bought it within the last 3 years.

[nilkn]

I've definitely known some older folks who didn't know what phone they had. It was typically selected or even purchased for them by a family member.

That said, it's relatively unlikely that these folks would have a brand new flagship phone so soon after release.

[markdown]

If it's like the Galaxy Edge 6(+), the full name is shown in massive block letters on every boot/reboot.