Ahead of Apple’s now-confirmed fall event on Sept. 12 at which the iPhone maker will show off new models of its flagship product, there’s apparently a big wave of upgrades coming from users eager to switch out their current device for one of Apple’s newest handsets.
That’s according to a note from analyst Gene Munster of Loup Ventures, which said his firm polled what (to be fair) is a relatively small set of U.S. consumers (530) but found that almost half acknowledged an intent to upgrade to a newer iPhone within the next year. The exact figure was 48 percent, compared to 25 percent who responded that they intended to upgrade in June of last year.
Moreover, some 19 percent of Android users as part of that same survey indicated they want to move over to an iPhone, up from 12 percent a year ago.