Is the 4-inch iPhone 6 DOA?

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Is the 4-inch iPhone coming or not?
Is the 4-inch iPhone coming or not? Photo: ModMyI
Photo: ModMyI

Throughout December, we heard a lot of rumors that said Apple might be bringing back the 4-inch iPhone form factor. My colleague Luke categorized these rumors as “unlikely,” and yet they continued, perhaps buoyed by the crossed-fingers of women and the tiny-handed. But now a new report says they were unlikely after all.

According to the report, Apple isn’t interested in looking backwards, and is instead looking forward to the possibilities inherent in their larger display handsets. In these reports, sources in Apple’s supply chain allegedly say that the iPhone 6 rumors are just hype, and haven’t made any move to start manufacturing such a handset in the supply chain.

What does this mean? Well, if the report is true, it means — at the very least — that a 4-inch iPhone 6 isn’t coming anytime soon. If Apple’s not working on making one now, it’s probably six to nine months away, at least as far as the timing of past rumor cycles are concerned.

As I said, my colleage here at CoM, Luke, said that he considered a 4-inch iPhone unlikely. Yet the truth is, there’s a lot of clammor for such a device: especially among women, the idea of a 4-inch iPhone is popular. Right now, these people can purchase an iPhone 5s or 5c if they want a 4-inch iPhone, but that won’t be true for long. Isn’t it possible that the next 4-inch iPhone isn’t just a year-old version of the current model, but a smaller screen size as well?

Source: G For Games
Via: ModMyi

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