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Stats Show iPhone Owners Get More Sex

Posted by samzenpus on from the there's-a-lap-for-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to OK Cupid's survey of 552,000 user pictures iPhone users have more sexual partners than BlackBerry or Android owners. By age 30, the average male iPhone user has had about 10 partners while female iPhone users have had 12. By contrast, BlackBerry users hover around 8 partners and Android users have a mere 6. As the blog's author's wryly observe: 'Finally, statistical proof that iPhone users aren't just getting f*@ked by Apple.'"

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  1. Phone sex over video chat doesn't count by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Stats are wrong.

    1. Re:Phone sex over video chat doesn't count by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

      I use my Palm.

  2. Bad science: not more sex, more partners by hessian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This study suggests that iPhone users report more sexual partners.

    That doesn't necessarily mean more sex.

    One guy who marries a woman, loves her and has mind-blowing sex with her three times a week, is clearly ahead of some guy with an iPhone who had ten one-night stands.

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    1. Re:Bad science: not more sex, more partners by WarwickRyan · · Score: 5, Funny

      > One guy who marries a woman, loves her and has mind-blowing sex with
      > her three times a week, is clearly ahead of some guy with an iPhone who
      > had ten one-night stands.

      You're not married, are you? :)

    2. Re:Bad science: not more sex, more partners by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

      This ignores the Coolidge Effect. Shortly, novelty leads to better sex. To quote the wiki:

      The term comes from an old joke, according to which U.S. President Calvin Coolidge and his wife allegedly visited a poultry farm. During the tour, Mrs. Coolidge inquired of the farmer how his farm managed to produce so many fertile eggs with such a small number of roosters. The farmer proudly explained that his roosters performed their duty dozens of times each day.

      "Tell that to Mr. Coolidge," pointedly replied the First Lady.

      The President, overhearing the remark, asked the farmer, "Does each rooster service the same hen each time?"

      "No," replied the farmer, "there are many hens for each rooster."

      "Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge," replied the President.

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    3. Re:Bad science: not more sex, more partners by Eric+MB+Lard+MD · · Score: 5, Funny
      I think you may be on to something with "fewer requests for repeat performances".

      My guess is that partners call back the iphone users to arrange a repeat, but end up having so many dropped calls they just give up.

  3. This cannot stand! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's start an open source project to fix this miserable discrepancy.

  4. Flawed conclusion by wolfemi1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually, this says that iPhone users REPORT sex with MORE PEOPLE than other phones. Maybe they're just more concerned with their image than users of other phones? ;)

  5. Re:More sex? Not necessarily by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Either way I hope they enjoy their HPV induced cervical cancer and other sexually transmitted diseases.

    What? I heard if I went with Apple I wouldn't have to deal with viruses or infections!

    Are you saying the birth control app is useless too?!?!?!?

  6. Re:More sex? Not necessarily by qoncept · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously? You are SO JEALOUS that you are wishing harm upon people who know how to have a good time? Wasn't there a character in Robin Hood like that? Maybe it was Men in Tights.

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  7. We iPhone owners are simply richer by sjonke · · Score: 5, Funny

    And thus can afford prostitutes more often then Android and Blackberry owners.

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  8. Re:And I've got a 10 inch... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For Males 30 to 34

    Remember, all these statistics about sexual activity are self-reported. In other words that means basically they ask you "Are you getting any"? Ask most men 20-34 if they're "getting any" and most of them will tell you they're knocking off a piece every night and two on weekends, that they last for hours and all of their partners are multi-orgasmic.

    Now flash forward to the specific survey of smartphone users. Somebody puts a "survey" on their website asking "do you get laid or are you a complete loser?". First of all, remember this survey is on an internet dating site. If somebody's getting laid regularly, what are the odds that they're going to be visiting "OK Cupid" to try to get a date? Do you know anyone who's ever used an internet dating site? Were they

    I think the important takeaway from this survey is that non-iPhone users tend to be more honest.

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