The Wall Street Journal is this morning reporting word from Apple’s suppliers that the iPhone maker has placed orders for new iPhone displays, which measure “at least 4 inches diagonally.” Production is said to be commencing next month, with the WSJidentifying LG Display, Sharp, and Japan Display Inc. as the three major panel suppliers that Apple is contracting.
A move up from the iPhone’s persistent 3.5-inch form factor has started to feel overdue in the current climate of 4.7- and 4.8-inch flagship Android smartphones, so this may finally be a sign of the Cupertino company relenting and giving in to popular demand.
We still wouldn’t expect Apple to stray much further than 4 inches with its next iPhone, for reasons of resolution and scaling as much as an understandable reluctance to change the world’s best-selling smartphone too much.
via WSJ
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