Piper Jaffray has published a "Taking Stock with Teens" report [PDF] that examines US teenager's buying habits. The study looked at two groups of teenagers around 16 years of age: 1,600 from upper-income families and 3,600 from average-income families. The study found that nearly half (48%) of American teenagers own an iPhone -- an 8% rise since the previous survey. Further, 62% of teens plan on making the iPhone their next smartphone purchase.
The survey also found that 51% of teens owned a tablet, up from 44% in fall 2012. The iPad share of that is 68%, down from 72% in the previous survey. 17% of teens said they plan to buy a tab
