“Perhaps iPhone fans with tiny hands or tight jeans aren’t happy that Apple is boosting screen sizes with the iPhone 6, which is expected to be introduced on Sept. 9,” Jack Hough writes for Barrons. “But other users seem delighted.”
“In a recent survey by Robert W. Baird & Co., an investment bank, 6.8% of respondents said they plan to purchase Apple’s next phone, compared with 5.3% who said so before the hugely successful launch of last year’s iPhone 5S,” Hough writes. “The survey reached over 1,000 U.S. adult respondents, 34% of whom use iPhones. Among Android users, just 1% said they were interested in an iPhone—but 11% said they would be more or much more interested in one with a larger screen.”
Hough writes, “For iPhone users, even among those who upgraded last year, 41% said they will or might buy the 6.”
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