“Though Apple isn’t expected to introduce a new iPhone model for months, one Wall Street analyst claims that the company has already internally ‘locked down’ the design for its next flagship handset, sporting a 4.8-inch display and speedy 802.11ac Wi-Fi connectivity,” AppleInsider reports.
“The details come from analyst Timothy Arcuri of Cowen and Company, who issued a note to investors on Wednesday in which he claimed that much of the design of Apple’s next iPhone has been finalized,” AppleInsider reports. “Citing checks within the company’s supply chain, he believes the handset will feature a larger 4.8-inch display, matching the trend of larger smartphones elsewhere in the market.”
“Arcuri isn’t the first to suspect that Apple will launch a larger iPhone model this year, with various earlier rumors suggesting the company has been toying with screen sizes just under 5 inches,” AppleInsider reports. “One of the most respected Apple analysts, Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, said last September that the company is likely to launch a larger iPhone this year, but that the device will not exceed 5 inches due to Apple’s ‘unwavering principle of one hand use.'”
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“The unanswered question waiting to be asked of the supply chain is the exact pixel dimension of the new 4.8 inch screen,” Anthony Wing Kosner writes for Forbes.
“Will it maintain the iPhone 5′s 1136-by-640 proportion just with a slightly lower pixels per inch resolution? Or will Apple follow the guesswork of 9to5Mac’s Ben Lovejoy and go for 1420 by 800 at the current 326 ppi density?” Kosner wonders. “Keeping that 640 width would sure make developers happy in app land, but having their flagship go backwards in terms of resolution would be a very un-Apple-like thing to do.”
Kosner writes, “I’m betting that Apple will go for a new width and introduce a more responsive method of app scaling in iOS 8.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews readers too numerous to mention individually for the heads up.]
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