The guys at MacRumors has made an impressive video of the rumoured 4 inch display of next iPhone. The video tours you through the 4 inch screen experience that the next iPhone is expected to have. Although the upgrade from 3.5 inch to 4 doesn’t quite sound like a huge upgrade, the updated app screens in the video really do look roomier. What makes the difference is that the screen grows taller and not wider. The width stays at 640 pixels while the height goes up to 1136 from the 960 we have on the iPhone 4S, and thats almost exactly 16:9, the same ratio we have on widescreen TVs and monitors. Should be nice for movies.
The fun part is that iOS 6 already knows about this resolution. The folks at 9to5Mac found that out earlier this month by running Apple’s own simulator at 1136×640, and the home screen neatly gave five full rows of icons instead of the four we get on iOS 5.1. Existing apps though are expected to be letterboxed, which means black bars at the top and bottom, pretty much the way iPhone apps look on an iPad. Not the nicest thing, and games and other apps will have to be updated to make use of all that extra room.
If you were wondering when we find out, its expected on September 12. Stay tuned!!
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