Number of iPhone buyers choosing 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus increases to 29% in June quarter

“Americans are going plus-sized … with their iPhones, at least. The percentage of Apple iPhone buyers picking the jumbo iPhone 6 Plus, with its 5.5-inch display, increased to 29% in the U.S. in the June quarter,” Patrick Seitz reports for Investor’s Business Daily. “That’s up from 22% in the March quarter, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners said in a report Wednesday.”

“By contrast, the percentage choosing the standard-size iPhone 6, which has a 4.7-inch screen, dipped to 53% in the second quarter from 56% in Q1, CIRP said,” Seitz reports. “The larger share of iPhone 6 Plus sales is important to Apple because the company gets a higher profit margin on the bigger-screen models.”

Seitz reports, “Josh Lowitz, CIRP partner and co-founder, said in a statement, ‘Consumers seem to have become comfortable with the much larger screen.'”

U.S. iPhone sales by model:

March 2015 quarter:
• iPhone 6: 56%
• iPhone 6 Plus: 22%
• iPhone 5s: 13%
• iPhone 5c: 9%

June 2015 quarter:
• iPhone 6: 53%
• iPhone 6 Plus: 29%
• iPhone 5s: 12%
• iPhone 5c: 7%

Source: CIRP
(Total does not equal 100% due to rounding)

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: As “Day One” owners of every iPhone flagship model ever made, we can confidently say of iPhone 6 Plus: There is no substitute.

As we wrote back in October:

Unsurprisingly, we have both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus… The iPhone 6 is a beautiful phone. It’s the second best smartphone in the world, in fact. But, lay them both on our desk and we’ll grab the Plus when heading out every time. We can simply get more done with it, the battery lasts far longer, and the camera is superior… All other so-called smartphones pale in comparison to Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus.

SEE ALSO:
Is Apple’s flagship iPhone 6 Plus too big? – May 14, 2015
Analyst: Apple likely prepping bigger iPad – and an even bigger iPhone than iPhone 6 Plus – May 7, 2015
Apple’s flagship iPhone 6 Plus leads soaring phablet demand – May 6, 2015
Why I switched from iPhone 6 to Apple’s flagship iPhone 6 Plus – April 7, 2015
Users of Apple’s flagship iPhone 6 Plus consume twice as much data as iPhone 6 owners – February 10, 2015
Apple flagship iPhone 6 Plus captures 30% of unit sales in face of widespread shortages – January 26, 2015
The best and worst things about Apple’s flagship iPhone 6 Plus – January 15, 2015
Five reasons to love Apple’s flagship iPhone 6 Plus – December 11, 2014
Tom’s Hardware reviews Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus: ‘Lustworthy’ – November 13, 2014
I thought the iPhone 6 Plus was too big. I was wrong. – October 30, 2014
ZDNet reviews Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 6 Plus: ‘Superb design and solid build quality’ – October 28, 2014
Forbes’ long-term iPhone 6 Plus review: ‘This beautiful freak is the iPhone’s future’ – October 22, 2014
Digital Photography Review: Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus offers a very good smartphone camera – October 21, 2014
Apple looks to have significantly underestimated the popularity of 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus – October 21, 2014
Apple shifts order ratio to hugely popular iPhone 6 Plus, away from iPhone 6 – October 7, 2014
Samsung is running scared of Apple’s hot-selling, 64-bit iPhone 6 Plus – September 29, 2014
Re/code reviews Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 6 Plus: ‘A statement phone,’ not a ‘plastic toy’ – September 17, 2014
The Telegraph reviews Apple’s 64-bit iPhone 6 Plus: ‘It’s peerless’ – September 17, 2014