Photo of iPhone 5 screen shows larger diagonal, super thin bezel

Apple has been very consistent with the iPhone screen size - 3.5 inches and that's it. Of course, four iterations of equally-sized display didn't discourage the bigger iPhone or iPhone nano rumors. The latest in the series is a photo of an alleged iPhone 5 screen digitizer, which shows a much thinner bezel around the screen.

Now, a thinner bezel is great - it lets you do things like keep the screen size but shrink the phone or keep the phone size and upsize the screen. Or you change both measurements, of course.

 
Photo of iPhone 5 screen digitizer

Assuming the width of the phone hasn't changed (judging by Steve Jobs' past statements this seems the more likely option) we can try to guesstimate the display size. After some measurements and some math we ended up with just under 3.9" for the iPhone 5 screen diagonal, with should allow a margin of error because of the angle at which the photo of the digitizer was taken.

This seems pretty close to the rumor of a 4-inch screen for the fifth-gen iPhone. Or if we follow the iPhone mini rumor, then a 3.5" screen can fit into a pretty small phone. There are mockups of both versions floating around the net - you shouldn't put too much stock into them, but they should give you a general idea of what to expect.

Mockups for the iPhone 5 with the new, thinner screen bezel

All this guesswork could have been avoided if the person who took the photo had a ruler on them. Anyway, what would you prefer - same size iPhone with bigger screen, or same size screen with smaller iPhone?

Either way, the iPhone 5 should be official this June (Apple keeps to their product schedule). Aside from the screen, the 5 is rumored to have a dual-core Apple A5 CPU, better graphics and NFC.

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iPhone 5 bezel suggests larger edge-to-edge display

It seems to be a day for Apple product bezels to leak. We’ve already seen a white iPad 2 front bezel, but this next leak is decidedly more interesting.

The image above is of an iPhone 5 bezel as seen on Chinese accessories site iDealsChina. The specific measurements of the bezel have not been given, but it looks to be similar in dimensions to the current iPhone 4 while allowing for a larger display.

Such an edge-to-edge display for the new smartphone fits with earlier rumors of a 4? screen. Removing the space from either side of the existing 3.5? screen would allow for the extra half an inch. A minor overall dimension change may be required to fit the larger display in, but I doubt many will notice such a change.

Below are a couple of mock-up images to give you an idea what the final iPhone 5 could look like as well as comparing it to iPhone 4:

Read more at iDealsChina and 9 to 5 Mac, via Pocket-lint

Matthew’s Opinion

There is very little Apple can do with the design of the iPhone to make it stand out from previous models. Jony Ive can’t mess too much with the classic button below the screen and curvature of the case. But if you can make a larger display fit within the same case dimensions that’s pretty huge in terms of catching a users’ eye.

Just looking at the mock-ups above you can instantly see the difference in the new model while it manages to retain the iPhone look. If this is the final design it is going to go down very well with iPhone users. If the phone has somehow been made thinner and lighter too, that’s just a bonus.

iPhone 5 is clearly going to be all about that gorgeous 4? display enhanced by it having no edges.

View the original article here

iPhone 5 bezel suggests larger edge-to-edge display

It seems to be a day for Apple product bezels to leak. We’ve already seen a white iPad 2 front bezel, but this next leak is decidedly more interesting.

The image above is of an iPhone 5 bezel as seen on Chinese accessories site iDealsChina. The specific measurements of the bezel have not been given, but it looks to be similar in dimensions to the current iPhone 4 while allowing for a larger display.

Such an edge-to-edge display for the new smartphone fits with earlier rumors of a 4? screen. Removing the space from either side of the existing 3.5? screen would allow for the extra half an inch. A minor overall dimension change may be required to fit the larger display in, but I doubt many will notice such a change.

Below are a couple of mock-up images to give you an idea what the final iPhone 5 could look like as well as comparing it to iPhone 4:

Read more at iDealsChina and 9 to 5 Mac, via Pocket-lint

Matthew’s Opinion

There is very little Apple can do with the design of the iPhone to make it stand out from previous models. Jony Ive can’t mess too much with the classic button below the screen and curvature of the case. But if you can make a larger display fit within the same case dimensions that’s pretty huge in terms of catching a users’ eye.

Just looking at the mock-ups above you can instantly see the difference in the new model while it manages to retain the iPhone look. If this is the final design it is going to go down very well with iPhone users. If the phone has somehow been made thinner and lighter too, that’s just a bonus.

iPhone 5 is clearly going to be all about that gorgeous 4? display enhanced by it having no edges.

View the original article here