Next iPhone display: how are apps going to render?

[chrismarle]

We all know (from rumors) that the next iPhone going to have a taller display (4'') with a resolution of 1136x640. By making it simply taller, the aspect ratio changes now. This means that apps will look differently on that new display. Apps like twitter, Facebook, browsers or other general apps are simply looking longer showing more of the content. However, how will games look like?

I did two fast rendering of the actual build of Angry Birds for iPhone to show how games are going to look like on that new display.

The first one is the game being centered on the display. Note: It's not pixel perfect, made it only to look centered.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gjac0m/7708193562

The second one is a rendering of the game being stretched to fill the entire 1136x640 display while having 960x640 graphics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gjac0m/7708195886

So, which one would you like Apple choose? Having a game centered with black sides but having a game pixel perfect or would you like the game to be stretched to fill the entire display?

 

[Spectrum Abuser]

Developers will work around it swiftly and make graphics suited towards the bigger display. The transition to 'Retina' was bigger than this. In the meantime I'll assume that all current applications will just stretch to fit the new display.

 

[chrismarle]

Developers will work around it swiftly and make graphics suited towards the bigger display. The transition to 'Retina' was bigger than this. In the meantime I'll assume that all current applications will just stretch to fit the new display.

The transition to Retina was easier: it's just pixel doubled without any aspect ratio change.

I know that devs will update their apps to take advantage of the bigger display but I'm talking about existing games.

 

[hotsauce]

Very simple for free version of apps. Just add iAd on top of their paid version.

 

[applefanDrew]

We all know (from rumors) that the next iPhone going to have a taller display (4'') with a resolution of 1136x640. By making it simply taller, the aspect ratio changes now. This means that apps will look differently on that new display. Apps like twitter, Facebook, browsers or other general apps are simply looking longer showing more of the content. However, how will games look like?

I did two fast rendering of the actual build of Angry Birds for iPhone to show how games are going to look like on that new display.

The first one is the game being centered on the display. Note: It's not pixel perfect, made it only to look centered.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gjac0m/7708193562

The second one is a rendering of the game being stretched to fill the entire 1136x640 display while having 960x640 graphics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gjac0m/7708195886

So, which one would you like Apple choose? Having a game centered with black sides but having a game pixel perfect or would you like the game to be stretched to fill the entire display?

There will be letter boxing on top and bottom (or left and right) of the games. When the game is updated, it will fill the entire screen. Apps that use built in UI APIs will need little or no updates.

 

[0000757]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/9/2937265/the-4-inch-iphone-5


One guy already did a concept which makes the most sense. Apps that use the generic design standard would just stretch.

For games or apps that are full-screen or are not able to just simply stretch, they automatically letterbox

 

[Eso]

Hrm, the one that looks decent or the one that looks like crap - which to choose, which to choose...

 

[cableguy619]

from what I heard they told people at the apple even in July, just went about it in a different way. I had an app developer give me an example how and what was covered. If I can find an example I will post it.

 

[audix]

You will need TWO hands for access to the notification center now.

 

[Andrew K.]

Wait! What will the keyboard look like in landscape mode!?

 

[Dolorian]

Wait! What will the keyboard look like in landscape mode!?

The same, the taller screen will provide no benefit to landscape mode. Note that I removed the grey toolbar from the pict above. If they decide to include this toolbar, the keyboard would need to be squished down making the keys thinner. Whatever the case, landscape mode will continue to be useless for writing anything.