Well what do we have here. With rumors saying that the next iPhone will feature a taller, 4-inch display, a video has surfaced from Japanese site Macotakara detailing the new screen dimensions on video. After getting its hands on what appears to be the parts that have been floating around in the wild for the last few days, Macotakara’s video shows off a 4.07-inch front panel that could easily house the larger display everyone has been talking about.
As you can see, the width has remained unchanged, but the screen is definitely taller. The height of the Home button also looks to be slightly smaller. Different theories propose that Apple could change the next iPhone’s aspect ratio to 16:9 to accommodate the larger display, or the current Retina resolution could be simply scaled up to fill the new screen size.
Macotakara has a mixed track record with this stuff, but this front panel does match up with what’s been floating around recently, including leaked schematics from overseas that were posted yesterday.
Source: Macotakara
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16 responses to “The New iPhone’s Larger Display? [Video]”
Hmm, with no major redesign of the current iPhone, definitely gives credence to this supposedly leak.
I still don’t understand why they are making it taller. Hopefully Apple will enlighten me when they announce it
I really hope this is not what the next 2 iPhones will look like. It really looks strange that elongated to me….
I was hoping for less bevel, so wouldn’t get so taller =S
Why would they make it longer but not wider? =S
Could it not be that this is just a custom-made screen protector of sorts?
You should be able to hold your phone with one hand and use your thumb to compose a message easily and fluidly. That’s what Android phone’s lack on their jumbo-tron-like screens. That’s why Apple [aka the only tech company that has their shit together these days] made it taller. Plus, now you can cram an extra row of apps at the bottom or who knows, possibly some kind of extended dock or something else ‘magical’ in iOS 6 that we know nothing about as of yet. WWDC should fill in some of the blanks.
a Longer iPhone makes more sine design wise,, i do agree with the texting with one hand thing,, i think thats important….I also think that Siri will come to the iphone4, and the iPad, ,,, eventually the mac as well….
Looks like the *bezel* is a bit smaller all around to me.
thats not it
It might mean wide screen films will look better on the screen. Other than that I am not that fussed.
If the next iphone is as shown, I will not buy it.
Ugly…I can’t believe Apple would do this.
Why? Because:
I’m assuming this is one of the fake products that Apple has their employees work on. It actually benefits them. It shows which groups of people can be trusted, and it also makes iPhone rumors in general lose integrity, thus giving more of a “wow” factor when a product is actually unveiled.