“Apple Inc’s new iPhone will have a sharper and bigger 4.6-inch ‘retina’ display and is set to be launched around the second quarter, a South Korean media reported on Thursday,” Miyoung Ki mreports for Reuters.
“Apple has decided on the bigger 4.6-inch display for its next iPhone and started placing orders to its suppliers, the Maeil Business Newspaper said, quoting an unnamed industry source,” Kim reports. “Its major display suppliers LG Display and Samsung Electronics Co declined to comment.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “GetMeOnTop” for the heads up.]
Never, that is even too big for people with huge hands. They may make a small screen increase, but you still will only need one hand to type on it.
And… 3, 2, 1…
4.6″? Bogus. Only BLN wants this.
2nd quarter?!? Bogus. Less than 1 year between major hardware updates?!? Not likely.
I’m calling “shenanigans” on this report!
and what exactly where the major hardware updates of the 4s?
*were
You’re kidding, right?
Double the processing power, double the graphics, same battery life?
Not good enough for you? 😛
Shenanigans? And I thought I dated myself… You want to bet a buffalo head nickel on that?
Considering the 5 was expected to be announced last oct but got pushed back….2nd qtr seems reasonable.
Here we go again. ‘Course as long as folks are speaking APPL, I’m happy. “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” 🙂
AAPL
I like your accent! 🙂
I got sources, the 4.6″ is wrong.
it’s a typo/translation error from underpaid/overworked Foxxconn workers. it’s 6.4″ to battle the Fire which is tearing the iPad a new one in sales.
Not in sales, but in shipping, hell yes! Because that’s where you want the numbers. ;)~
And I heard from the same source the new iPhone 6S WILL run Flash. Count on it!
No no, the new iPod touch will use that screen. And perhaps be rename iPod game
I would love a larger screen, and I’m not sure why Apple couldn’t offer both. Currently, I’m using a Morphie case on my iPhone, and I’m always amazed at how small the iPhone is when I take it off. I have medium sized hands, and have no problem using larger Android phones due to their size (I just prefer the iPhone).
You and anyone with taste.
4.6″ screen-Yep and comes with a built in IR universal remote and laser pointer which can be programed to project images in mid air. Also a built in radar range finder for golf fanatics, and sonar for fishermen. 🙂
“and sonar for fishermen”
Sold.
Not a chance it’s that big. It would cut out a large part of the market, especially females.
Q2 seems fishy too.
However I do suspect the next iPhone will be bigger.
They’ll trumpet the screen size. But the real reason will be the same reason iPad got a little thicker and heavier…. they need the battery capacity.
I don’t think there’s anything Apple takes more seriously than battery life. And, frankly, the 4s is marginal without LTE.
A big piece of “it just works” is that Apple isn’t afraid to make the right decision for most users. Last year it was LTE is just in a few places and kills the battery. Next model, I expect will be: LTE is mainframe and we’re just going to have to get over our religion and make a bigger phone.
Not saying it’ll be THIS big though.
The phone will have to get larger, folks. Apple’s not getting an A5X, LTE chip and a bigger battery into the iPhone 4S’ case. They’d have to make it wider and longer for the components alone, the same reason all the Android clone makers did it.
If they use the A5X in the 5th iPhone, I’ll eat my hat. My bet is that they’ll use a new A6 with a great CPU boost, and the next iPad would use a new A6X with a great GPU boost.
Looks like total nonsense:
1) there is no point making iPhone screen “sharper” — it already has 326 DPI screen;
2) size of the device would be hardly increased: the only sensible option is to make screen longer — not wider — keeping the size of device the same: 1132×640. Excessive height of the screen would be reserved for fullscreen video viewing, browsing, system iOS functions. This would eliminate possibility of fragmentation.
lmao! The largest Android looks ridonkulous! I can’t see that size on an iPhone.
Not for me. I’m out. There is no reason to leave home with two iPads. I hope they will offer an iPhone nano at the same time.
Where’s the 13 inch I pad?
This report is bovine egesta, plain and simple.
=:~)
I don’t want a bigger screen. But what I DO want is a larger font size in MDN’s mobile app. The “+Font” button only bumps it up by 1 point it seems, and that’s still way too small.
NO, I want a selection of point sizes to pick from, not just one minor increase.
I wish software designers would test their crap with people over 40.
you’re in the minority.
problem is, MDN abandoned the app last year.
it was too hard for them to fix their bugs.
But they put a poll up on the full website, so nobody using the App could see it!
As long as the push notifications still work, i’ll still use the app.
I hope not 4.6 inches is far too large…4 inches maybe, but 4.6 is just ridiculous.
…’she cried’ …
Hmm… Miyoung Kim, is that what Mike Daisey is calling himself nowadays?
I’ve been able to palm a basketball since 7th grade so a larger iPhone wouldn’t be a big deal for me. However, I see a ton of smaller women on the bus/train trying to deal with these massive Fragmadork phones and they are just too unwieldy if you have smaller hands. Keep the size the same but go edge-to-edge with the screen.
4.6 can fit within the current iPhone case if the entire front of the iPhone is for the screen. It is plausible.
However, I wold also agree that anything bigger like those samsung units would be crazy.
From South Korea. That says it all.