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Next Apple iPhone To Have a 4 Inch Display?

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-screen dept.

dkd903 writes "According to reports from Macotakara, Hitachi Displays Ltd and Sony Mobile Display Corporation has started shipping the screens for the iPad 3 and a 4-inch LCD screen for an unnamed iOS device. It would be fairly safe to assume that the 4-inch display will be for the next iPhone – the iPhone 5."

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  1. iPhone 5? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why do people keep referring to the next iPhone as the iPhone 5? Let's count together shall we?

    Original iPhone: iPhone 1
    iPhone 3G: iPhone 2
    iPhone 3GS: iPhone 3
    iPhone 4: iPhone 4
    iPhone 4S: iPhone 5
    Next iPhone: iPhone 6

    Now, if Apple decides to call the next iPhone the iPhone 5, then I'll gladly eat my words, but until then, c'mon now.

    1. Re:iPhone 5? by DiSKiLLeR · · Score: 3, Informative

      Lets try again, shall we?

      Original iPhone: iPhone 1,1
      iPhone 3G: iPhone 2,1
      iPhone 3GS: iPhone 2,2
      iPhone 4: iPhone 3,1 (its really the 3!)
      iPhone 4S: iPhone 3,2
      iPhone 5: iPhone 4,1 ??

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    2. Re:iPhone 5? by Deorus · · Score: 4, Informative

      The iPhone 4S' identification string reads "iPhone4,1".

  2. Didn't Samsung or HTC patent 4 inch screens? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Couldn't resist...

  3. Re:I kinda hope not. by Hadlock · · Score: 4, Informative

    5" is too big, the bottom end of a tablet size. 4 - 4.2" is about the sweet spot for a touchscreen cell phone. 3.5" is about the bare minimum an adult male can manipulate. I have a 4" screen (seems to be about standard for android phones) and using a friend's iPhone feels very cramped in comparison, especially for things like reading text more than a paragraph long. 4" is about the bare minimum for extended reading.

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  4. Re:Thanks for the reminder! by BasilBrush · · Score: 2, Informative

    You're confused. You're comparing a phone model with an OS.

    iPhone is the most popular smartphone.
    iOS ships on more devices than Android.

  5. Re:Here We Go.... by RoFLKOPTr · · Score: 4, Informative

    Quantity does not equal quality.

    But quantity DOES equal ad revenue, and that's what it's all about.

  6. Re:If it's not AMOLED it'll be polarizing by Cyberax · · Score: 4, Informative

    Unfortunately, AMOLED devices require polarized filter to reduce reflection from the aluminium backplate behind the AMOLED layer. So they are polarizing too (easy to check - just rotate AMOLED-based phone while wearing polaroid glasses).