An Apple Hardware Subscription Could Change How People Think About iPhones—and the Stock

Barrons2022-04-11

Apple’s market cap has been hovering a little under the $3 trillion level the stock first hit in late 2021. A speculated move to offer hardware subscriptions could push it over the top.In a research ...

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WangZhai
2022-04-11
WangZhai
Nice...
Hayz
2022-04-11
Hayz
It looks like it will happen... slowly
Wanlin927
2022-04-11
Wanlin927
Ok
Zarkness
2022-04-11
Zarkness
Yes buy appl!!

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A speculated move to offer hardware subscriptions could push it over the top.In a research note published Friday, Deutsche Bank analyst Sydney Ho examines the potential consequences from a recent report speculating that Apple (ticker: AAPL) could launch a hardware subscription program—the iPhone equivalent of leasing your car, or renting an apartment. The idea would be that you could get a high-end phone via a monthly payment, rather than an upfront purchase.As Ho readily concedes, there is not much to go on here. Apple hasn’t announced anything, and even the Bloomberg story that triggered the widespread discussion of this idea had few details on how the program would work. But he adds that he finds it clear that a hardware subscription program would be “financially accretive” to Apple, although only modestly in the near term.Beyond the short-term earnings impact, Apple has the chance “to reset consumer expectations of how often to refresh an iPhone and to get more consumers to try other Apple subscription services,” he writes. The analyst says there is a chance that meaningful adoption of a subscription-based pricing option could spur’s Apple’s valuation to “re-rate higher” as a result of a more attractive recurring revenue business model.The biggest factor, in other words, is that the iPhone replacement cycle could accelerate, as customers shift to more frequent updates to new hardware. Many iPhones are on 24-month payment plans, while the refresh cycle runs about three years, he notes. 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