All I Want for Christmas

When I first saw this on ReadWriteWeb I was blown away:

Data from fall 2011 shows that 3.4% want an iPhone for Christmas, 25% desire an iPad, 2.1% want an iPod of some kind and 1.3% just want the iPod Touch.

First, 25% is a huge number. Second, how could there be that much disparity in desire for the iPhone vs. the iPad. However, a closer look at the tables pulled from the Piper Jaffray report suggests that this is just a typo, and that the actual iPad number is 2.5%, which makes significantly more sense.

This report reminded me of something I linked to on the old site back in October 2004:

"the iPod ranked fourth on teens' Christmas "wish lists," trailing only clothes, money and a car"

Ok, you say, why is that so amazing? The iPod is really hot right now. I can imagine it being up there on the teen wish list.

The amazing part comes in when you finish the quote:

"the iPod ranked fourth on teens' Christmas "wish lists," trailing only clothes, money and a car, but what stood out was that the iPod wasn't listed as an option. It had to be written in by the respondents." [emphasis mine]

The link I originally posted doesn't work anymore, but I think this is the article. The original source of the data there seems to be a similar Piper Jaffray report from 2004.