Apple’s claim about how satisfied iPhone 14 owners are is “statistically impossible”
Every year for the last seven years, Apple has been saying that its lineup for that year has had a customer satisfaction rate of 98 to 99 percent. But this is statistically impossible.
Even if every single person actually loved their iPhone it would still be nearly impossible to find near unanimous satisfaction using traditional survey methods. A few percent of people just won’t understand the question, or will give the wrong response by mistake,” – PerfectRec founder Joe Golden
For context, even though Trade Joe’s customers stand in line for house, the store has a satisfaction rating of just 84 percent. Donald Trump’s party members gave him an approval rating of 86 percent. Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad got 95 percent of the votes in an election that lacked international monitoring and was considered unfair.
In short, even if people actually love your product and things are rigged in your favor, a satisfaction rating of 99 percent is pretty much impossible.
So, did Apple lie?
Not exactly. Even though the company probably has its own numbers, it likes to cite those compiled by third-party research firm 451 Research. So if the authorities ever decide to ask Apple where it got the numbers from, it won’t get in trouble.
Does that mean 451 Research lied? Not really. PerfectRec thinks the company only questioned an unrepresentative sample comprising early adopters and tech enthusiasts.
PerfectRec emailed Apple’s press team to explain how they got the figure. The email was opened 73 times but never replied to.
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