Are you guessing that they won't? Phones and game systems still use SD cards and usb drives. Any kid that has a 3DS or a Wii U probably knows what an SD card is, or at the very least has seen one and knows how to use it. Flash drives are still commonly used (not sure what makes you think they aren't, have you tried to share a 5gb+ file with someone who is right beside you?)
You're being pretty unfair to those 15-16 year olds you're talking about. They're not stupid.
To put it in perspective the first iPhone came out in 2007. A 15 year old now was 6 at that time; that's first grade. iPads came out in 2010. They were 9, fourth grade.
And you're seriously misjudging how often a teenager needs to share a 5gb+ file... basically never. The days of pirating, ripping CDs, ripping DVDs and sharing them are basically over. If it's not on Netflix or Amazon, it's not worth sharing. And in the rare case, Dropbox does the trick.
Sure most teenagers are aware of flash drives and SD cards, in the same way teenagers 10 years ago were aware of floppy disks. They used them when school required them to, and haven't seen one since.
Better go buy an apple mouse, a Thunder capable monitor, and a new wifi enabled printer.
All of them, they are on sale on most electronic stores and big supermarkets in Germany.
> Kids in high school are provided with chromebooks.
Here zero of them know what that is.
Yeah and they also sell cassette-to-3.5mm adapters. It doesn't mean they're exactly culturally relevant.
Kids these days are use to the whole idea of multitouch. See how many 15-16 year olds going into college know what a SD card or a USB drive is. Kids in high school are provided with chromebooks. They don't even know what .doc extension types are. It's a different time and they are targeting those kids.