A survey of the SellCell recorded that around 18% of iPhone and iPad users do not like the number 13, which comes to succeed the number 12 of the current flagship of Apple. It is a curious finding that can even be interpreted as follows: 1 in 5 users Apple would be unmotivated to buy the iPhone 13 because of the number.

The key question to get the scoop on the number 13 for the flagship was “Will the next smartphone from the Apple How did the iPhone 13 disappoint you, since the number 13 is considered unlucky?”

The fear or aversion to the number 13 has a name: triskaidekaphobia. This is an irrational feeling about the number 13, which makes a person fear Friday the 13th, or even causes buildings built around the world to skip the 13th floor, going from the 12th to the 14th, for example. This type of phobia or misinterpretation regarding the number 13 is found in various cultures and beliefs throughout the world. of history, thus not having a defined origin.

Men are more afraid of the number 13

According to the survey, men (24,9%) are about twice as likely to be affected by triskaidekaphobia than women (11,7%). Meanwhile, for about 82% of respondents, the number 13 would not affect their decision to purchase the next iPhone.

Another point that reinforces the misfortune suffered by the number 13 (not what it apparently means for triskaidekaphobics) is that 74% of people in the survey they say that the flagship could have a different name. Apart from the 26% who would adopt the iPhone 13 without any problems, for 38% of people, the next flagship of Apple could be called iPhone (2021), referring to the year of its release. In this way, the cell phone would follow the same convention adopted for the naming of Macbooks or iPads.

Other names registered in the survey as replacements for the 13 of the next iPhone would be iPhone 21 (with 16% of choices, following a line a la Samsung and its Galaxy S models), iPhone 12S (13%) and iPhone 14 (7%). This last option would make it very clear that the company chose to skip the number 13.

The online research of SellCell took place between June 10th and 15th and was based on responses from 3 American iPhone and iPad users. Apple. Participants were people aged 18 or over, equally divided between men and women. The purpose of the survey was to assess user opinion on the upcoming iPhone line from Apple and study what users think of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, recently revealed.

Not much enthusiasm for iOS 15

Regarding the software, what was recorded was that not many people were impressed with what they saw. 19,3% were “extremely” or “very” excited about the software update. 28,1% classified it as “somewhat” exciting, while the majority (52,6%) of users Apple find new software releases to be only “a little” or “not at all” exciting.

The updates on Wallet app, with an anti-fraud system through dynamic security code were the changes preferred by respondents (23%) over iOS/iPadOS 15. The novelty was followed by the improved Spotlight search functionality (17,3%) and the new feature Find My to track devices that are turned off or factory-wiped (14,2%). The SharePlay feature, which lets you share media on calls FaceTime (10,1%) eo text resource live that extracts text from images (9%) are other new features that we can highlight here.

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