2012 iPhone Screen Size - A place to share thoughts and opinions

In before the inevitable links to many different previous threads on this topic are posted.

 

I think most men would like an extra half inch.

 

Whatever floats your boat

 

Wow, thanks for starting a thread where people can talk about this, I haven't seen any created in the last 30 sec!

 

≥ 4" but < 4.7" and I'll be happy.

 

Too bad you are being downvoted. I think it's really an interesting discussion and most people will just downvote you because it's not what Apple is doing right now - and Apple is always correct, of course.

I recently created a post in which I came to the conclusion that if Apple were to introduce an iPhone with a bigger display (but with the same 960 by 640 resolution), the best decision (financially (and let's not forget: Apple is all about minimizing costs and making huge profits)) is to settle with a 4.3-4.4-inch display.

A 4.37 inch display with a 960 by 640 resolution has a pixel density of 264 pixels per inch: that's the exact same pixel density as the new third generation iPad.

Why does that pixel density matter? It's very expensive to use displays with a new pixel density. Samsung, LG and Sharp are, however, now busy with producing 9.7" panels with a pixel density of 264 pixels per inch. The infrastructure is already there, and thus 4.3-4.4 inch display would be, from a financial view, the best decision.

I'm not sure what Apple will do, but I sure as hell think a 4.3"-ish display is a great size (if the border around isn't too big) for the years to come.

 

You couldn't discuss it in the 20 other threads talking about screen size?

 

I don't think they will drop the dpi. The idea of a "retina" display is based on viewing distance which is closer for iPhone then iPad.

But a 3.9" seems possible:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1356262