Apple is indeed planning to introduce an iPhone with
a larger screen, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal.
The company has reportedly ordered 4-inch screens
from its suppliers, a bump from the currently standard 3.5-inch screen size
that Apple has been using since the original iPhone appeared in 2007.
Rumors of a larger-screened iPhone have been
floating around for some time now -- especially since comparable Android phones
gotten bigger and bigger, like the Galaxy Note and it's monster 5.3-inch
screen.
But many observers --including those of us at Ars'
Infinite Loop --have not bought into those rumors. You can count me as a critic
of this rumor, but there may be more to the large-screened iPhone rumors than
we originally thought.
We're not likely to find out the truth anytime soon,
though—the report says production is slated to begin next month, and Apple
isn't expected to roll out new iPhones until the fall.