No — stop it . Close that tab . Stop reading that . The Apple rumor de jour — a 4.6 - inch iPhone 5 — is the same reheat broth some nasty cook serves yearly . It was n’t true last yr , or the yr before . Here ’s why it ’s still BS .
Reuters , usually a staid , reliable entity when it comes to not spreading gleeful poop rumors , plunk headfirst into this one :
Apple has decided on the bigger 4.6 - inch exhibit for its next iPhone and commence placing order to its suppliers , the Maeil Business Newspaper tell , quoting an unknown industry source .
Oh , well in that case ! That ’s about as trustworthy as someone stumbling , melanize out , from a dive bar bathroom and handing you a crayon - draw list of iPhone 5 features . But beyond the complete baselessness of the report , there are good reasonableness why this thing rumour is raging , sweaty strain , regardless of source .
Pixels
“ Retina display ” is the phrase of the day at Apple . Its substance is fluid , but its intension are clear-cut : beautiful screen ! Apple ’s gadgets keep getting prettier displays , and a bump up to 4.6 inches would produce some serious problems . The iPhone 4S is sitting jolly at a DPI of 326 . But bloat the projection screen up by 1.1 inch , and your density neglect to 250 DPI — that ai n’t retina display . Even if Apple bedevil in a 720p resolution on the next phone , it ’d still be a net diminution in pixel density from last year ’s model . A openhanded no - no .
Oh ! And then every single app in the entire store would have to be redesigned . Another , heavyweight , flaming no - no .
The Terrifying Ghost of Steve Jobs
Jobs decided the iPhone would be 3.5 inches six days ago . Every individual iPhone has been 3.5 inches . Every single iPod Touch has been 3.5 inches . Apple , even under the competent Captain Cook , would make client and investors alike nervous once they start to range from the Jobsian Plan for The Universe .
3.5 Ain’t Broke
As it exists now , the iPhone ( 2 G , 3 gee , 3GS , 4 , 4S ) meet perfectly in your paw , whether you ’ve get bigger than common baseball mitt or baby script . The entire blind and home clitoris can be hit by your thumb alone . It ’s just big enough for movies , perfect as a camera range finder , and dead comfortable for casual reading . It ’ll also fit just ok in your pants , no matter how penny-pinching . There ’s just something optimum about 3.5 inches . We get it on it , and Apple eff it . For a caller with such monastic dedication to consistency , this is n’t a factor the company is likely to start get it on with — especially with an inch - plus increment . So what ’s Apple ’s inducement ? Why spay a class that sell millions upon million every single year ?
The Source and Timing Are Suspect
To say the least . countenance ’s ingeminate : this rumor has come out of a Korean newspaper with no Apple track record to speak of , abduce an “ unnamed manufacture origin ” about a “ second quarter ” launch that makes no sentiency . Apple is going to unloosen a young iPhone 7 - 9 month after the last one ? Nuh uh .
Why Join the Size Race?
As ourpals at FWD pointed out , as phone manufacturers come out with ever - exposit video display , we ’re approaching aPhone / Penis Singularity . Just like computers used to slap each other back and forth over swiftness , phones now run to out - adult each other , with the hilariousgrotesquery of the Galaxy Notebeing one logical result . Will it stop there ? in all likelihood not ! The HTC Titan is a delightful exception , but bigger has by no mean value proven to be better . yield anything faithful to this would put Apple in a pissing competition , rather a city on a pitcher’s mound .
https://gizmodo.com/the-exact-day-phones-will-be-bigger-than-your-penis-5891591
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