“Survey data indicate that Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus now makes up 30% of iPhone 7 sales, the highest percentage ever for the Plus models,” Mark Hibben writes for Seeking Alpha. “The ratio may go even higher for the December quarter. This could push iPhone ASP for the quarter to an all time high above $700.”
“Based on the Fiksu data… sales of iPhone 7 Plus have jumped compared to previous generations and now constitute over 30% of total iPhone 7 sales,” Hibben writes. “This jump has also been noted by RBC analyst Amit Daryanani, whose survey of buying intentions in the December quarter indicates that 46% of respondents play to buy the Plus models of either the iP7 or iP6s.”
“I think there are two factors at work in the shift to Plus models. The first is simply a shift in overall consumer preference toward larger screen phones. That shift seems to keep pushing the envelope towards larger and larger phones,” Hibben writes. “If Apple thought it was ‘done’ by introducing the 5.5 inch screen iPhones, it probably isn’t seeing the market trend.”
Hibben writes, “The other factor is the dual camera of the iPhone 7 Plus. Not only does this provide for better photography using the phone, but it constitutes a very visible external change that telegraphs that the owner has the very latest and best iPhone.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Plus, (get it?) the Jet Black version – the most obvious “this is a new iPhone” signal possible – is available only in 128GB and 256GB versions which also helps push up iPhone ASPs.
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