I’ve been a huge fan of social dating site OkCupid’s OkTrends blog for a while now. They’re constantly sharing data (anonymized, of course) from their social site about what people find attractive and interesting in each other. The latest post has some fun information about cameras — specifically, the perceived link between what type of camera OkCupid’s patrons use and successful relationships. All of the data is fascinating (as usual), but there’s one little note of potential interest to iPhone fans.
Apparently, when compared to users who post pictures from other smartphone brands, users who reported using iPhones for their profile pictures tend to identify more sexual partners over all. As you can see in the chart above, male and female iPhone users (at age 30) report higher numbers of sexual partners to OkCupid.
In fact, across all ages, iPhone users reported having more sexual partners than those who used Android or Blackberry smartphones to take their profile pictures. Of course, OkCupid is just having fun here. Maybe iPhone users are actually more inclined to lie about their amorous conquests, or maybe there’s a higher likelihood that Android or Blackberry users have reason to report a lower number.
But then again, we already know that iPhone owners tend to be rich, engage in vigorous activity, and like to be outspoken about their buying choices and preferences. And aren’t those the kind of people who end up going home with the girl (or guy) from the bar anyway?
TUAWOkCupid: iPhone users have more sex originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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