Rumor: iPhone 5 To Have A Larger, 4-Inch Screen?

Rumor: iPhone 5 To Have A Larger, 4-Inch Screen?
Apple has taken its own sweet time adopting functions and features that
many phone users now take for granted. Unfortunately, as Android phones
up the ante in terms of screen screen size and processor speed, the
iPhone is starting to lose a few comparison tests and, barring all other
stats, screen size makes for a great in-store tie-breaker. Luckily for
Apple, there’s a new rumor on the block; this time from Digitimes, and
it’s about the next iPhone’s screen size.

The rumor is, in short, this: that Apple will increase the iPhone screen
size to 4 inches, up from 3.5 inches. According to “upstream component
suppliers,” this change should come in the next iteration of the phone.

Screen size is increasing, whether Apple likes it or not, and this move
makes sense. With all the rumors coming out about two new iPhones, the
iPhone Nano and a new iPad, a slight change in specs or trade dress
isn’t enough anymore. A larger size would help with viewing webpages and
other small documents, though the downside would be decreased battery
life over the smaller screen and also having a bigger, heavier phone to
carry. Android’s competition is forcing Apple’s hand and, if our sources
are correct, things are changing quickly at Cupertino.

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