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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. 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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  2. 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.

  3. 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).

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

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