Photo of 'iPhone 4S' with Larger Screen?

[QuarterSwede]

The first picture is fake, that's beyond the question. Look at the iCal icon — it's much too wide. From this angle, it should be rather taller than wider. The other icons look out of shape too.

I don't see it. Holding my iPhone at nearly the same angle and about the same distance they look identical.

 

[Ommid]

I don't see it. Holding my iPhone at nearly the same angle and about the same distance they look identical.

iCon police.

 

[QuarterSwede]

iCon police.

Took me a minute to get that. Nice.

 

[srxtr]

I don't understand people who think the next iPhone should be called 4S (and some think 4GS, wth?)

I think the reason why Apple called the current generation iPhone 4 because it's the 4th iPhone. Just because they tacked on an 'S' at the end of 3G doesn't mean the next should be 4S.

And even if they DID call it the 4S, the iPhone after that would be iPhone 6, not 5...

Don't you agree?

 

[johndallas999]

I don't get the fascination with a marginal bigger screen, if I need a bigger screen I get my iPad.

It's just a preference thing. I don't think it's the way everyone feels but that's like saying, I don't understand why people think 3.5" screen is plenty. People have different tastes/opinions. I would certainly prefer a larger screen if the phone size can be kept the same size.

 

[Glideslope]

I agree, you're good!

Good looking for sure.

 

[diamornte]

The 4s will be a 4 with the 3.7 screen, and a A5 chip. That is it. Period.

How can you be so certain of this as to say "That is it. Period."? Sources plz?

 

[Adidas Addict]

I don't understand people who think the next iPhone should be called 4S (and some think 4GS, wth?)

I think the reason why Apple called the current generation iPhone 4 because it's the 4th iPhone. Just because they tacked on an 'S' at the end of 3G doesn't mean the next should be 4S.

And even if they DID call it the 4S, the iPhone after that would be iPhone 6, not 5...

Don't you agree?

If it keeps the same design/form factor it will be named the 4*/4** if it's a totally new design it will be iPhone 5.

 

[LightSpeed1]

Is it just me or did Apple keep a tighter lid on this stuff in the past?

 

[42streetsdown]

it does, you cant see it.

It is a secret location tracker

rofl

 

[jntdigital]

he's not the only one still boasting a first-gen iPhone!
I'm still lovin' it!

Same here! Still carry it with no case. But it is really time to send this one into retirement.

 

[bretm]

Curiouser and curiouser.

If it's a fake, whoever did it did a pretty interesting job on it.

It looks plausible.

I mean we had:

iphone 3g
iphone 3gs

why not
iphone 4
iphone 4gs

Which would give incentive for people to go for the white one I guess.

then the 5 comes out later?

Because 3g stood for 3g connectivity. The added S stood for Speed because it got a much faster processor.

What would 4gs mean? It's not a 4g phone. And it's not faster. It's a bigger screen. How about the 4b (bigger)?

 

[Micjose]

It doesn't look that bad. I would definitely buy it.

 

[bushido]

more worried about it still using the dated iOS

 

[Kapangas]

No Spotlight icon

Did anyone else notice the apparent lack of a search icon next to the homescreen page indicator?

It does kinda remind me of this: https://www.macrumors.com/2011/04/1...e-4-running-old-test-ios-4-build-with-expose/

This was proven to be an older build of iOS4 though, so I'm not sure what to make out of it. :/

I noticed it too! Maybe it's true and they're testing that new multitasking for iOS 5?

 

[irmatt]

Is it just me or did Apple keep a tighter lid on this stuff in the past?

i just don't think people cared as much

 

[Christopher387A]

IMHO, it looks gorgeous. I'd love to have one...

I agree. Even though I would love a 4" screen, this one looks perfect for the current size of the iP4.

 

[AppleZilla]

Screen is clearly faked one way or another.

The Internet is an easy mark.

 

[chrmjenkins]

Screen is clearly faked one way or another.

The Internet is an easy mark.

Well then you'll be able to provide specific points as to why it's faked then, no?

 

[Les Kern]

Pbbbt... Looks fake.

 

[DrumApple]

Resizing only means having to rewrite apps if the screen resolution changes -- especially if it changes by something other than a whole-number multiple (e.g. 1.5x versus 2x). All rumors indicate a 3.7-inch screen iPhone would have the same Retina-Display resolution (still maintaining over 300dpi).

Technically their "Retina-Display" stuff is based also on typical viewing distance as well -- so a "Retina Display" iPad, iMac, or MacBook (assuming those are in the works) may not go as high as 300dpi. However, a Retina-Display iPad would like require the same pixel-doubling (2x) that was done for apps not optimized for the Retina Display until updates came that included higher-resolution graphics.

Yeah, making developers have to re-develop all of their apps would be a knife to the heart. When Apple decided on the screen size, it was pretty much set in stone. This would be a terrible move and anger many developers, especially independents who don't have the time, resources, or budget to re-develop. I could have blown my life savings developing one app, and now to find out that it isn't compatible with the newest iphone anymore? /die

 

[rmwebs]

I really don't see the point in this...you gain a tiny amount of screen space, at a price of worse battery life and worse processor performance (due to having to process more imaging data, hence why the 3GS has performed better than the iP4 in a lot of situations).

 

[wingnut8]

Wirelessly posted (iPhone 3GS: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8G4 Safari/6533.18.5)

4S would be dumb. Every phone from here on out is going to be faster. No need for the "speed" added on the the end.

 

[patrickdunn]

I any of these were real, wouldn't we see a cease and desist letter?

 

[cocky jeremy]

That looks fine actually.

I'm fine with Apple not changing the overall design from the iPhone 4. It's already pretty sexy. This will just be like iPhone 3G ->iPhone 3Gs. They just make it better.

Now where can I pay?!

Same here. They can keep the iPhone 4 design for years and years. I love it. As far as a bigger screen, i don't really care either way. Give me dual-core A5, doubled RAM, and 64 GB, a better camera sensor, and i'm happy. I don't want 8 MP camera, just a 5 MP camera with a bigger/better sensor.