Michal Ždanský Rumors of a 4″ iPhone are starting to gain momentum. Wall Street Journal came up with the claim that the new iPhone will have a diagonal of at least this size, the day after he rushed Reuters with a similar claim from his source.
On May 16, the prestigious newspaper arrived Wall Street Journal with the news that suppliers have received a large order for iPhone displays to be at least four inches in size. Production is said to begin next month, and suppliers include LG Display, Sharp and the Japan Display association, with whom Apple has already signed contracts for some time.
The day after that, a prestigious agency rushed in with its own report Reuters. One of their sources inside Apple claims that the display will measure exactly four inches. Like the WSJ, it identified the aforementioned Japanese and Korean manufacturers as suppliers and a production start time of June. If production did indeed begin in June, the necessary amount of phones for global distribution would be ready sometime around September, indicating our previous claim that we would not see the new iPhone launch until after the holidays and WWDC 2012 it will mainly be in the sign of software.
There was speculation about a 4″ iPhone even before the launch of the 5th generation phone. In the end, Apple stuck with the same design as the iPhone 4. However, the new model should have a completely new design according to the two-year cycle rule, and a larger display seems to be the logical way to go. The iPhone display is one of the smallest among hi-end smartphones on the market, and despite many arguments regarding ergonomics, there is a hunger for large displays. After all, Samsung's new flagship, Galaxy S III It has a 4,8-inch display.
Apple certainly won't go to such extremes, four inches seems like a reasonable compromise. If the display can be extended to the frame of the phone, the increase in the size of the device itself would be minimal, and the iPhone would thus remain as compact as previous models and not follow in the footsteps of other "rowing equipment" manufacturers. So far, the only unresolved issue is the resolution of the display.
At a diagonal of four inches because the density of pixels per inch would drop to 288 ppi, which would mean that the display would lose the "Retina" stamp that the new iPad currently boasts. Plus, reducing the pixel density is the exact opposite of where Apple is going. One possibility is to further multiply the resolution, which would bring the resolution to 1920 x 1280 with 579 ppi, which sounds very unlikely. Increasing the pixels in the vertical direction is similar nonsense, which would drastically change the aspect ratio and the 4" diagonal would only be achieved for its own sake.
The last possible solution is fragmentation in the form of increasing the resolution in a ratio other than 2:1. In order to maintain the same ppi, the 4" iPhone would have to have a resolution of 1092 x 729, however, if such an increase in pixels were to occur, it would probably be to a greater extent. Either way, the problem is that another, already third type of resolution would lead to the fragmentation that Android currently suffers from, and that Apple is fighting so hard against. With its current 3,5" screen and marketing "Retina Display", Apple seems to have run itself into a bit of a trap for the iPhone, and it will be interesting to see how it gets out of it.
Of course, what he can still do is keep the same diagonal that the iPhone has had since its launch in 2007, on the other hand, it would completely ignore current trends, and even if a lot of people are comfortable with 3,5", a lot more people are calling for a change in size upwards.
Sources: TheVerge.com, iMore.com
updates
The magazine hastened with its claim regarding the larger display Bloomberg. One of his sources, who does not want to be named, said that Steve Jobs personally worked on the design of the larger iPhone just before his death. Although he does not specifically mention the 4″ figure, the diagonal size should be one of the things that Apple focuses on the most for the new iPhone.
It goes on and on... gossip, gossip, gossip... why do I even come here?
It's an integral part of the culture around Apple. However, only one of the many parts of the content of Jablíčkákar.
and in this case quite sensibly written and commented. other "rumors" on other servers tend to be much more frequent, bombastic and just JPP..
I highly doubt they would go back to the iPod icon, so it's not true :-)
Good point ;-)
That's it ;) I didn't notice that at all ;)
I don't see, I'm a little worried about it. In my opinion, 3,5 inches is ideal, for other iOS work there is an iPad, if the diagonal of the iPhone is not enough for someone. And exactly as it is mentioned in the article, the increase brings with it complications. I would hate to reduce the pixel, but fragmentation is not a suitable way either. And if SJ had anything to say about this upcoming iPhone, I would guess that the square will remain. Sam said that he doesn't like market research because the users themselves don't know what they really want. I doubt he would opt for a 4 inch angle just because of the "trend" of rowing companies and teenagers who want to watch movies under their school desks...
Agreement
I also completely agree, but unfortunately SJ is no longer at the head of Apple and he seems to me to be behaving anti-Jobs recently.
What a big shovel, which is stupid to hold in your hand and you can't even put it in your pocket.
I think and hope that ip5 is already produced and if the information is true, it will probably be for ip6.
The display is just the right size, I am conservative in this regard.
By the way, the tung 3 looks like a ZTE for 1500 CZK and I think it still works.
I agree that the size is fine these days, but the competition is pushing, so we'll see.
When it comes to other phones, you have the reaction of an ox.
Personally, I do not think that a larger display would be an advantage over the competition, on the contrary, I would say that it is more of a disadvantage.
I don't think so.. It shouldn't be overdone (Like the Galaxy Note - SIII, etc..), but such a 4" would not be bad at all for an iP.. It would have to look different from the concept, because no one would buy it such a monster..:-D
Anyone who has an iPhone and then gets their hands on a Tamzhong must admit that iPhones are several generations ahead.
A bigger phone is nonsense. There is no reason to make mobiles a tool for work. That's what a macbook is for.
Let the apple grower make a gossip column and publish such nonsense there.
As for the next iPhone, I hope for the same design as the ipad, and as for the new ios, I hope that the controls will be really user friendly and that I won't have to click through 3 levels to get to the basic functions.
I could imagine even 4″, it is true that if the display extended to the edges the difference in size would not be so great. If 3.5″ remains, I won't be angry either. However, I think that 3.5″ will remain. The biggest hurdle will clearly be resolution. I'm also curious what the new iPhone will offer in addition, if it will be as different as the iPad 2 - the new iPad would certainly not force me to upgrade from the 4S. I'm most looking forward to iOS6, I'm very curious about it and I think Apple will surprise us with something. In second place is Mountain Lion for Mac, but that no longer belongs to this article...
Although I'm fine with 3,5", I would understand the increase to 4" if they don't plan to release a smaller iPad.
In my opinion, they are not even planning a larger iPhone display or a smaller iPad ;)
Personally, I would be happy to preserve both the aspect ratio and the size of the display itself, in addition, the extension to the edges seems disgusting to me. After that, from the developer's point of view, I would probably be upset if the aspect ratio were to change, it would be almost the same as Android. Rather, I think that Apple should spend more time developing interesting display technology, ok Retina is great but what about the colors? Black is hideous and white is either yellow or blue. They should maintain the size and resolution (it is sufficient) but significantly improve the quality of the displays, although I am an Apple fanatic and iOvce, so I have to admit that, for example, Nokia and its new Lumia with WP have beautiful black and the colors stand out. I would also quite like it if the locked phone had the front side with the display as if fused, an absolutely perfect black color in the same layer so that it would not be possible to tell at a glance in which part the display is located and it would only appear in case of activation ;) it would be amazing in my opinion. What should also come rather than a 4″ display should be a better chip, hopefully already an A6 with a 4-Core CPU and 4-Core GPU, with a clock speed of maybe 1,5GHz and FullHD Gaming support so that game developers can make a game for FullHD resolution and then it would be possible to play this in maximum quality on the TV/Monitor as if it were a full-fledged game console. Hand in hand with a better chip, a better battery with 2x the capacity could appear with the same technology as the battery in the iPad 3, but in addition, Apple should figure out how to charge the high-capacity battery faster, not only via the charger but also via the PC's USB port. Then the iPhone could get 1,5GB of RAM. It would also be interesting if Apple finally used liquid metal. On the contrary, I would not want the back to be made of aluminum, because it means a plastic taste like the iPad. But what I think will remain the same is the dock connector, the appearance (at least approximately thinner) and the home button.
Oh, and I would still expect the arrival of NFC technology and the iWallet application, which Apple has patented.
I don't know why there are a few people who are pissed off about black at Lumia, when Samsung has had it since its first Galaxy S. It's OLED, and you can't see the edges there when the display is off, but not even when it's on if the background is black. But colors are still better (more loyal) ISP i.e. Apple. So that you don't raise the OLED to the sky and against the ISP, the one from Samsung is pretty green and the older the worse.
The iPhone 5 could finally have contactless charging!
An increase in the display to 4" is quite likely. I recently compared the 4S with an Android, and even if the dimensions were maintained, 4″ would fit there, maybe only the frame would have to be a bit thinner. The second possibility is to expand the display, but there would be a problem with changing the resolution and it would probably cause a problem with the compatibility of older SW. In addition, the iPhone is quite a good size for children, if they were lucky with an Android, it is bigger in the hand and not so comfortable to control, and the tiles on the floor are not so user-friendly for children.