Survey says: Women don’t like pink gadgets!!!!

September 10, 2007

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I wonder what Pink SEO and Geek Girl Manila have to say about this article:

Hardware Widow Advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi has put down in black and white what plenty of women around here have been thinking for ages: we want technology but we don’t want it coloured pink or encrusted with fake gemstones.

[…] Only nine per cent of the women S&S talked to think it’s important that their gadgets look feminine. Rather a lot of ladies are completely turned off by the abundance of pink products. [The Register]

I’m not a lady, so I honestly cannot give an insight on this claim. I do think that the mindset is taboo, and that consumers are a lot smarter than this. What do the lady geeks think?

Comments

16 responses to “Survey says: Women don’t like pink gadgets!!!!”

September 10, 2007

Marian

frankly, i’m not a fan of pink gadgets too. i like pink 5 though. and pink cheeks of chubby kids.
September 10, 2007

Jayvee

so what started the trend of the pink gadgets? i doubt it was a scientific process.
September 10, 2007

Juned

I think you are looking at it Hello Kitty and Sanrio 🙂 Bubblegum and lace.

What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice,
and all that’s nice;
That’s what little girls are made of.
September 10, 2007

Em Dy

I go for the specs really and prefer the gadget NOT to be pink.

But my friend Maita LOVES the color. Her digital camera is pink. Her Treo’s wallpaper is from Legally Blonde. Crazy, huh? And she loves Hello Kitty too and dragged me to the short lived cafe of the same name in megaMall.
September 10, 2007

liz

i don’t really care what the thing looks like so long as it’s working. if it’s pink, well, cool. i have a lot of all-pink outfits. if it’s not pink, i have all-black, or all-grey, or all-white outfits. hah!
September 11, 2007

Angel

True. I’m so not a fan of pink gadgets. I prefer classy colors for gadgets–especially if I’m gonna look at it everyday! Cellphone’s silver. Laptop’s silver. Digicam’s silver. iPod’s white. No pink in sight. 🙂
September 11, 2007

Aiza

I like my gadgets pink =)
September 11, 2007

Anne

It really depends what the gadget is and what shade of pink its in.
September 11, 2007

Riz

I’m getting a lot of hits from the keywords “pink laptop” and “pink gadgets” and “pink digital cameras”. I hate jemstones on my gadgets hehe, but pink I love. I guess it really depends on women. Point is, there is a relatively large market that patronizes pink gadgets.
September 11, 2007

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September 13, 2007

kaoko

I’m not a fan of pink stuff, but I have to admit, I love my pink NDS Lite.
September 14, 2007

kuresel isinma

i like these pink gadgets 😉 it likes nice..
September 14, 2007

MyGoodFinds

I have a pink cellphone 🙂 but I want my digital camera to be silver.
June 19, 2008

teeyah

It’s okay to be pink as long as it’s a kick-ass gadget. Or a reputable brand for whatever gadget. The thing is, if gadgets are emblazoned with cartoons (in the image, after Hello Kitty), what happens is that it cheapens the quality of the gadget. I sort of get the idea that they tossed HK because they wanted it to sell and cover for the pathetic quality.
October 28, 2008

j

I don’t like pink verymuch, it’s for girls.
April 24, 2012

yenife

te amo hello kityy