50% of smartphone buyers want an iPhone 6

The poll results are in, according to Palo Alto investment firm RBC Capital Markets: out of 4000 smartphone buyers interviewed, almost half are very likely to invest in the upcoming iPhone 6, and close to a quarter of those are willing to pay as much as $100 extra for the 5.5 "phablet" version.

The results are not surprising, as many investment firms have run similar polls and, along with the notion that it’s time for Apple to face a market where screen size matters, the numbers don’t lie, and the public is ready for a bigger iPhone.

Of course a bigger iPhone is only as good at its weakest feature, and Apple is not about to waste time, and resources, on a product, unless it’s going to be bigger in every possible way.

The iPhone 6 promises a wealth of features, including the much anticipated image stabilization sensor, set to improve greatly the already excellent quality of the camera on existing iPhone models.

With AG Advanced Technologies confirming the supply of Sapphire glass, smartphone buyers have even more to look forward to in an iPhone promising to be far more resilient to impact than any previous version.

Mounting rumors surrounding the highly anticipated iWatch might very well be a contributing factor of RBC’s poll results, and an image boost multiplier for Apple hoping to once again dominate the smartphone market.

Apple is not only playing tough, with hard-to-beat features, it’s playing smart by catering to low-end markets as well, with the release of two different models of the iPhone, and plans to release several different versions of the iWatch, Apple is clearly set on playing a tune everyone is likely to enjoy, except perhaps headphones manufacturers likely to be left high-and-dry by the recent decision to abandon the universal audio jack in favor of Apple’s own proprietary version.