Next iPhone may come with a larger screen
Reports are swirling around the cellphone industry that Apple Inc. has ordered production of a 4-inch iPhone screen, something that is available on a Samsung competitor. This store is in San Francisco. (April 24, 2012) Credit: Getty Images
Early production of the new screens has begun at three suppliers: Korea's LG Display, Sharp Corp and Japan Display Inc, a Japanese government-brokered merger combining the screen production of three companies.
The new iPhone screens reportedly will measure 4 inches from corner to corner, one of the sources said. On current models the screen is about 3½ inches diagonally corner to corner.
It is likely all three of the screen suppliers will get production orders from Apple, which could begin as soon as June. That would allow the new iPhone to go into production as soon as August if the company follows its own precedent in moving from orders for prototypes for key components to launch.
Apple was not immediately available to comment.
Apple's move toward a larger display for the next generation iPhone was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
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