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by quantumsequoia 1350 days ago
In this experiment, they created identical dating profiles, with the only difference being the brand of phone displayed in photographs. The control was no phone shown in the image.

Featuring an iPhone increased the number of likes received by 82%. Featuring a Samsung increased the number of likes by 20%. That means if you display a Samsung instead of an iPhone in your profile, you will get 34% less likes

Other phone brands did even worse. If your dating profile displays a Oneplus phone, you will get 55% less likes than an identical profile featuring an iPhone

https://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/features/mobi...