“The much-rumored sapphire screen could pop up on the iPhone 6 after all, but only on the 64GB model,” Lance Whitney reports for CNET. “At least that’s the latest speculation from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.”
We believe that Apple may upgrade the screen of the 64GB versions of the iPhone 6 to sapphire as an early market test to see consumer feedback for sapphire screen phones with the eventual intention of moving the whole product line to sapphire within 2 years (i.e., iPhone 7). We believe that the 64GB device could make up 30 percent of units if sapphire were an additional feature based on our prior survey work from the iPhone 5S launch, which suggests that 25 percent of buyers opt for the 64GB capacity. – Gene Munster, Piper Jaffray
“Munster expects Apple to unveil both a 4.6-inch and a 5.5-inch iPhone at Apple’s September 9 launch event,” Whitney reports. “The analyst also believes the new lineup will include near-field communications (NFC). As such, he predicts that there’s a 70 percent chance that Apple will announce some type of mobile payments system.”
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Why not 128? I’d be up for it.
Yeaaahhh…no.
Apple won’t incorporate a full mobile payment system until iPhone 7. Since this is the first version of NFC, it will be treated as a early market test too.
Munster, the same dude who is wrong 100% of the time in 2013, 2013 and so far this year concerning the imminent release of a Apple television set.
LOL! Mean Gene?? If that guy said the sky were blue I’d get a second opinion. He is NOTORIOUS for being completely wrong and has shown pretty much zero understanding of the way Apple does business. There is NO WAY they would release the sapphire screen on ONE model. If they were that unsure of it they’d just wait until they got it right and release it on all new models.
Munster’s like one of those old-timers who stands outside the horse races selling their picks. “Winners, winners, get your winners!”
Except Munster’s track record isn’t as good.
Nope
Since Apple is just ramping up sapphire production, I expect it to only be offered on the more expensive models to start.
Gene is basing his assumption for the Sapphire screen on Apple’s decision last year to have the Fingerprint ID feature available only on the 5S model. But the 5S was the Flagship iPhone. What if the flagship model announced this year is a 5.5″ display, with 128GB storage? Gene is being specific with specs before we even know what they are. So he could be wrong again.
I call BS