Apple iPhone 5: 4-inch display rumours gather pace
Anyone familiar with the Apple rumour industry – and it is very much an entire industry – will be all too familiar with the claims and supposed leaks that are starting to emerge as we inch closer to the announcement of another new iPhone.
And year after year, one of the most popular rumours is that Apple is going to increase the iPhone’s screen size to counter the ever-growing ranks of large-screened Android rivals around.
So it’ll be little surprise to see whispers of an iPhone screen size jump building yet again ahead of the iPhone 5’s expected arrival in the autumn.
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The Wall Street Journal claims that a number of independent (but unnamed) sources are swearing blind that Apple has committed to “at least” a 4-inch display, with Reuters having since come out and said its own sources are saying the same thing. Which could of course mean they’re the same sources, but we’ll give them the benefit of the doubt for the time being.
The WSJ reckons Apple has already placed panel orders with a range of suppliers, including LG Display, Sharp and Japan Display, in anticipation of the massive tide of orders likely to accompany the launch of its latest handset in a few months’ time.
However, convincing as the latest claims may be, barely six weeks have passed since similarly believable rumours were doing the rounds that Apple was planning to stick with the 3.5-inch display size that has served it so well until now, while other rumours from around the same time spoke of a 4.6-inch display.
They can’t all be right, obviously, and given the sometimes highly creative nature of Apple rumours, they could all in fact be wrong. We suspect the argument is only going to be settled once and for all when the iPhone 5 actually launches. As for exactly when that’s going to happen, well that’s a whole new discussion…
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James17 May 2012
I would like to see some 3d functionality of some sort
Report as inappropriatePaul Blackmore17 May 2012
Those sources are all wrong! The next iPhone's just going to have a better screen, better camera and better processor. Just like the 4 was!
Report as inappropriateDany17 May 2012
i would like to see Apple closed. :)))))))
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Andi Armstrong17 May 2012
3D is no good for nobody ! Even worse for head aches & eyes !
Report as inappropriateMatthew Valle17 May 2012
They need to work more on iPhone 4s with Siri !! Siri is unable to search for a place on maps which i think is easy for them to do considering us has got that functionality!
Report as inappropriateDave John 17 May 2012
The new iPhone needs 4G
Report as inappropriateAndrew17 May 2012
omg the new iphone what ever it will be called is going to have 4G the new ipad has it so there working on 4G naw and it will have a better camera and better processor as they have with all there older phones . dont think they will use 3D on the new phone but i would really like to see what they can do with it, as i have the 3D tv would be nice to have sank thet works with it. would be good for them to work on siri and the UK maps and somethink that working better with windows PC's
Report as inappropriateTim17 May 2012
I believe the iphone 5 will have a better proportioned screen (i.e. wider but no higher (in landscape movie direction). This would mean the diagonal will increase to 4" ish and they will be able to display and record native widescreen resolutions instead of using lots of processing power to convert it to the 3.5inch size. Of course the US market are still so far behind the UK and Chinese TV market that most US programming is still 4:3..Doh!
Report as inappropriateNicholas17 May 2012
I hope that it has a way better battery!!
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