We might most likely produce a ‘law’ – along the lines of Godwin’s legislation or Murphy’s legislation – that specifies that with every iphone release, there will be several rumors about it being developed with a larger screen. Of course, the upcoming, next-generation iphone is no exception. Reuters has covered a rumor stemming from South Korean publication the Maeil company Newspaper, which specifies that the next iphone will have a 4.6″ Retina screen screen.

While Apple’s rival phone producers have all embraced larger screen sizes, Apple have stayed firm in preserving the 3.5 inch screen size throughout every single iphone release because the inception of the gadget in 2007. In reaction to some argument as well as rumor that had taken location surrounding the release of the iphone 5, blog writer Dustin Curtis composed a quite stunning publish discussing the likely style decisions behind the iPhone’s retained as well as notorious screen size.

Basically, the reason behind it is to ensure that it’s simple for many people to relocation their thumbs to every part of the screen with ease. This is something that becomes progressively harder or unpleasant to do on gadgets with a larger screen, such as the Galaxy S II. As you can see in the above image, Curtis created a rendering that depicts a kind of comfortable “thumb radius”, showing parts of the Galaxy S II that are out of reach.

To quote:

I pulled out my iphone 4 to do a quick test, as well as it turns out that when you hold the iphone in your left hand as well as articulate your thumb, you can reach practically precisely to the other side of the screen. […] It is practically impossible to do this on the Galaxy S II.

In my opinion, a larger screen is much more of an marketing gimmick. people commonly believe that bigger is much better – particularly people who may desire to view films on their phone – however to me, it is much more of a usability impairment than a positive style choice. Nevertheless, as there are continuously rumors of new iPad screen sizes, the dead equine section of the Apple rumor mill will continue unleashing these rumors of Apple enhancing the screen size of its next-generation iPhone, even after the next iteration of the gadget has a 3.5″ screen.

So the verdict? This rumor is extremely unlikely. ought to Apple produce an iphone with such an huge screen, pigs will fly as well as hell will freeze over. And, in an even much more unlikely twist, they’d produce a smaller iPad.

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