To date, Apple's biggest shift in screen size has been from 3.7-inches to 4. Will the next generation iPhone see an even bigger increase to 4.8-inches? One industry analyst says its an almost certainty.
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Would you want an iPhone with a 4.8-inch display?

Oct 7th 2013 by

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The iPhone 5S hasn’t event been on shelves for the better part of a month and already rumors are swirling about Apple’s followup. Industry buzz since before the launch of Apple’s latest smartphone models has indicated that the company could bump up the display size of their 2014 flagship, but what exactly might that entail?

According to analyst Peter Misek, Apple will make the most drastic change to their handset hardware to date and offer an iPhone 6 with a 4.8-inch display. Apple has only changed screen size once since the iPhone launched in 2007, and that was a relatively minor increase from 3.7-inches to the 4.0-inch display of the iPhone 5 series.

There is no denying that smartphones with large displays have become a hot item. In fact, Apple is more or less the only handset manufacturer still producing a high-end smartphone with a display in the 4-inch size range. The Samsungs and HTCs of the world have been content with display surpassing 4.5-inches for the past several design cycles.

Is the world ready for a bigger iPhone? External pressures seem to be pushing things that way, so the move would not be unprecedented. But it would be surprising, to say the least. A big shift for a company that from the onset stood by the belief that consumers would not want a bigger display. Does that sentiment still ring true? Would you want an iPhone with a 4.8-inch display?

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