HR Strange But True

How Much Do Your Employees Want iPads?

To say that Apple has loyal customers is an understatement. Not many companies can draw crowds to line up for new product releases. Apple even secured the number 2 spot in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2012 list, second only to Coca-Cola®.

With such a strong brand presence, it’s no surprise to see the results of a recent iPad® survey. The Brainshark survey asked over 1,300 iPad owners to imagine they were stranded on a desert island and choose the between having their iPad or several day-to-day items (including significant other!). Here are the results.
More respondents would rather have the iPad than:

  • A good book 20% vs. iPad 80%
  • Chocolate 21% vs. iPad 79%
  • TV 19% vs. iPad 81%
  • Radio 17% vs. iPad 83%

More respondents would forgo the tablet for:

  • Matches 66% vs. iPad 34%
  • Significant other 87% vs. iPad 13%

(While we’re pleased that a majority of respondents chose their significant others over the high-tech tablet, we’re shaking our heads at the other 13 %.)
The survey also asked iPad owners to choose between the tablet and work-related items/benefits. The iPad beat out an assigned parking space, a laptop, and a company party. Here’s how it broke down:

  • Dedicated parking space 32% vs. iPad 68%
  • Bigger/better office 53% vs. iPad 47%
  • Extra week of vacation 77% vs. iPad 23%
  • Laptop 35% vs. iPad 65%
  • 10% pay raise 86% vs. iPad 14%
  • Company-sponsored holiday party 20% vs. iPad 80%

See the infographic here.

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