“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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