Most college students wanted cash or clothing for
Christmas, but electronics were not far behind. Chegg, the online textbook
rental company, polled more than 800 college students in the middle of December and found that 52% were
asking for electronics, including 67% of the male respondents.
Apple topped the list of desired gadgets in most
categories. More than half (51%) of the students said they wanted a new iPhone
and nearly 40% wanted a Mac laptop. Beats, which was recently acquired by
Apple, was the headphone of choice for 46% of the students.
Girls were more enamored with Apple than male
respondents. Nearly 60% said they wanted to find an iPhone under the tree and 55%
wanted Beats headphones compared to 44% of the males who wanted an iPhone and
33% for Beats. Nearly 30% of all respondents listed a Samsung smartphone and
30% of the male students preferred Bose headphones.
When it comes to tablet computers, 47% of the female
students and 41% of the male wanted an iPad while Microsoft products came in
second (22% of the females and 24% of the males).
