Rumors suggest that next year’s iPhone will be an even bigger step forward than the iPhone 7. If those rumours hold true, a “powder keg” of ageing in-use iPhones will help spark soaring growth of Apple’s smartphone sales, Cowen analyst Timothy Arcuri and his team have predicted.
As quoted by Business Insider, Arcuri reckons that the “iPhone 7 is proving an effective ‘bridge’ to the iPhone 10 super-cycle in ’17, where a powder keg of a dramatically aging installed base lurks just under the surface”. The next few quarters, he theorises, will see 43% of active iPhones reach over two years old.
The owners of these aging devices could therefore be tempted by features including a largely glass enclosure, iris recognition technology and a flexible in-built “e-SIM” – all of which have been rumoured for what Cowen curiously calls the “iPhone 10”, despite “iPhone 8” looking like a more likely name.
