Apple Could Be About to See Stunning iPhone 8 Sales

There are now 85.8 million iPhones being used by smartphone owners 13 years of age or older.

Author:: Edward Hardy
Publish date:: Apr 24, 2017 7:55 AM EDT

You are so ready to ditch your dinged-up, battery-dying, three-year-old Apple (AAPL) - Get Report iPhone.

And you probably aren't alone in that desire, which is great news for Apple as it gears up to launch the iPhone 8 (assuming that will be the name). There are still nearly 50 million iPhone 6 users, in addition to the more than 20 million iPhone owners who have an iPhone 5 model or earlier, according to new data from comScore. These 70 million collectively represent a massive base of users who are ripe for an upgrade to an iPhone 8 or the likely larger, iPhone 8-plus. Given how the iPhone 8's performance and general exterior features are likely to turn out, their meaningful difference relative to older models could finally get people spending the cash to upgrade.