What do kids really want for the holidays and into the New Year?
At some point during the next six months, about half of those in the six-to-12 age group want an Apple iPad, 48 percent to be exact the folks at Nielsen found. Whether or not Santa will deliver the goods is another story because the starting price for a full-sized version of this Apple product is $499.
Since Nielsen didn’t limit the youngsters to just one item, next on their wish list was the newly arrived Nintendo Wii U. Thirty-nine percent want it and again it’s up to Santa to decide if his pockets are deep enough with the Wii U retailing for between $350 to $400.
The iPod Touch and the iPad Mini, at $199 and $329 respectively, tied for third with children at 36 percent. Meanwhile, a third of the kids said they’d like to receive an Apple iPhone.
Nielsen also interviewed youngsters 13 and older to get an idea of their wish list and the iPad was on top again but just 21 percent made it number one. Next in order of preference were computers and tablets other than iPads followed by the iPhone.