Apple to Charge $100 More for the 5.5-Inch iPhone 6?

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Posted June 13, 2014 at 10:41pm by iClarified

Apple will likely charge an additional $100 for the 5.5-inch iPhone 6, according to Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt via MarketWatch.

Notably, McCourt found that if Apple would charge the $100 premium, customers would be willing to pay it.

“Our June consumer survey points to continued growth in the willingness of iPhone users to pay $100 more for a bigger screened iPhone, with now a full one-third of survey respondents willing to pay a $100 premium.”

He also said that “data seems to suggest meaningful demand for a larger screen, which should logically mean the iPhone 6-cycle will be strong for upgrade sales, which combined with modest contribution from wearables should cause a modest acceleration in revenue growth in fiscal 2015.”

Raymond James increased its price target for Apple from $86 to $102.

“With Samsung trends eroding over the past several quarters and the Android marketplace seemingly undergoing meaningful commoditization, iPhone sales trends in the March quarter, and intra-quarter June data .. should give investors confidence that Apple has built a business that is sustainably capable of realizing higher than typical margins, driven by application ecosystem advantages, vertical integration across software, services and hardware, and brand positioning.”

Recently, Nomura Securities issued a report predicting that the 4.7-inch iPhone model will be dubbed the 'iPhone 6 Air', while the larger 5.5-inch model will be called the 'iPhone 6 Pro'. It also predicted that the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Pro will cost $750. That's $100 more than the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 Air is expected to cost.

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James - June 16, 2014 at 10:46pm

no thank you. they need to drop the stupid 16gb base and start it at 32gb. Then this would be considered. Otherwise too many price tiers for apple. ---- also, analysts are wrong more often than not. Seriously, how do they keep their jobs? Not sure apple releases multiple versions unless it's a 6c and a 6.

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gamerscul9870 - June 16, 2014 at 10:54pm

6c I doubt it, 5c was the only way to make iPhone as cheap as it could be because 6c may be just the same price as the 5s was when it came out so that would barely make any difference, not that I want a 6c or saying Apple is greedy.

gamerscul9870 - June 15, 2014 at 11:01pm

You want a bigger iPhone but hate seeing people that have one? I hate hearing people make irony of themselves like this.

Dragan - June 14, 2014 at 8:29am

In my case they are wrong. I owned several generations of iPhone, but eventually switched to Nexus 5, my current phone, prcisely because I wanted a bigger display size. Although I plan to buy iPhone 6 ("Air"), it will not happen if they decide to increase its price over existing model of iPhone.

Mac - June 14, 2014 at 7:39am

Guys use your common sense! If the more the bigger it is; the more expensive it should be?? Well what about iPad; in such case it should be more expensive than it is now.

zetaprime - June 14, 2014 at 3:50am

100 more for the larger one sounds perfectly reasonable to me. The larger size of anything is supposed to cost more, whether it's a phone or an order of fries.

gamerscul9870 - June 14, 2014 at 3:51am

Even for a material.

gamerscul9870 - June 14, 2014 at 3:52am

Galaxy is plastic but barely makes a difference, but iPhone has many reasons than just how big and all.

iDontKnow - June 14, 2014 at 2:18am

Size really matter?

c887c22 - June 14, 2014 at 1:11am

Oh Puhleaseee!!!!!

gamerscul9870 - June 14, 2014 at 1:12am

Still buying the best of the best!!!

gamerscul9870 - June 14, 2014 at 1:01am

Another reason I stay on smaller iPhone, pay more for something bigger and this quote makes a whole lot of sense on so many levels: "The bigger they are the harder they fall". This goes for any phone.

zetaprime - June 14, 2014 at 3:52am

Physics, physics, man. The more massive an object is the harder it falls. If they do as they have in the past they'll probably be able to make the phone larger without increasing its mass.

LudaChris - June 14, 2014 at 12:49am

i would, hurry up with it already (5.5")

justabrake - June 13, 2014 at 11:41pm

Is that the logic bigger more money I always thought the smaller the device the harder to make the more money !

thevmaxer - June 13, 2014 at 11:22pm

I WON'T PAY $100 MORE for a bigger iphone. Matter of fact, if it doesn't fit in my pocket, I don't want it! It's a f^@#INg phone for ...not a tablet PC!

LudaChris - June 14, 2014 at 12:52am

up to a 6.25 will still fit in ur pocket. unless u buy special pants that have smaller ones lol

DarkSide - June 18, 2014 at 4:55am

There are quite a few guys prancing around in 'hip' ladypants.