NEW YORK – According to the uSell.com iPhone Most Wanted Survey, close to half of all smartphone users say they are most excited about a rumored Sapphire Screen on the new iPhone 6 that is especially difficult to scratch or crack.

Survey findings include:

TOP 5 ‘MOST WANTED’ NEW iPHONE 6 FEATURES

(Percentage of those most wanting each feature shown in parenthesis):

1. New ‘Sapphire Screen’ that is hard to scratch and crack (45.5%)

2. Infrared camera to see in the dark (19.2%)

3. New tools to monitor your health and fitness (10.7%)

4. Ability to show 3D images (9.5%)

5. New tools to control your home appliances (7.7%)

Additionally, uSell.com asked respondents about which incremental iPhone improvement they would want most in an iPhone 6:

>> TOP 5 ‘MOST WANTED’ iPHONE IMPROVEMENTS

(Percentage of those most wanting each improvement shown in parenthesis):

1. Improved battery life (37%)

2. Bigger screen (19.2%)

3. Better camera (11%)

4. Better phone reception (11%)

5. More memory (10%)

Other interesting findings include:

Even though a bigger screen is a much talked about iPhone improvement, nearly twice as many people consider improved battery life to be more important.

50% of iPhone and Android users combined would chuck their old phones for the new iPhone 6 if the phone includes the Sapphire Screen.

The survey was conducted among a representative survey of 1,000 U.S. smartphone users conducted by top used iPhone marketplace uSell.com.