This Is Why Apple Will not Significantly Increase The iPhone 5’s Display Size
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012As normal, tons of rumours and “information leaks” related to Apple’s next-generation smartphone will crowd the headlines until that unavoidable day arrives, and the same is sure to happen with the successor to the iPhone 5. Though there’s a lot of folks that would adore an iPhone with a noticeably bigger display, that likely will not occur. I can’t talk for the distant, distant future, but I can confidently say that Apple won't increase the display size (by much if at all) of the iPhone 5.
Below, I explain 3 vital reasons.
1. The prevailing iPhone sports a 3.5-inch display, which is a great size for the overwhelming majority of people under 6 feet of height. Naturally, we're talking about a smartphone display, so you've got to consider all the factors which make a smartphone display great. First of all, it should be possible to use any smartphone with only 1 hand. Folk are known to use smartphones with only 1 hand, but anything much larger than 3.5 inches would make that very unlikely. Furthermore, the 3.5-inch display has demonstrated to be the most well liked display size in the world , so it wouldn't be sensible to fix what isn’t broken.
2. A larger display requires a higher resolution. The iPhone’s high-resolution display features a ridiculous pixel density. As always, display costs are falling, so we are certain to see a big increase in resolution ultimately. But Apple would not make it a small jump in pixel density, so it’d likely be a huge upgrade (like the iPad 3’s display). That means it’d be very expensive to provide, and it is already pretty damn dear to produce the iPhone.
3. As we expained in point 2, to incrase the display size would require that Apple also increase the display resolution, but Apple probably cannot make it economically feasible to properly double the resolution. Bear in mind that its better to double the resolution to make really easy for app developers to update their programmes to function with the new display directions. It’s much tougher to work with random resolutions. If Apple is happy to eat the cost of the display, which is improbable, it'd be required that all developers revamp their programs to function with the new hardware. If Apple doesn't double the display resolution, developers would be working with weird display specs, and that would make Apple’s App Store less fascinating to new programmers.
Fausto Mendez is the editor of ReleaseDates.co, a free website and subscription service that updates its readers only about the consumer electronics and brands they wish to know about.