Apple Inc. and its Asian suppliers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, people at the companys suppliers said.
Apple in recent months has asked for prototype smartphone screens larger than 4 inches and has asked for screen designs for a new tablet measuring slightly less than 13 inches diagonally, they said. The current iPhone 5 has a 4-inch screen, while the iPad has a 9.7-inch screen. The iPad Mini, a smaller version of the iPad tablet, has a 7.9-inch screen.
Apple is looking to test a smartphone screen that measures more than four inches and a tablet screen slightly less than 13 inches.
