Apple's next iPhone to feature slimmer screen

Technology Jul. 18, 2012 - 06:55AM JST ( 19 )

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gogogoJul. 18, 2012 - 09:37AM JST

The report came amid heated competition from rivals such as Samsung, whose flagship smartphone the Galaxy S III uses a 4.8-inch (12.2-centimeter) screen that is thinner than the current iPhone.

There are many many phones much more thinner that the iphone.
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LostinNagoyaJul. 18, 2012 - 09:56AM JST

I don't know if "thinner" means that it's better. My parameter is one, and only one: do I feel safe when I enter my credit card number in this or that OS? Answer: there's only one OS that is secure enough.
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SquidBertJul. 18, 2012 - 09:57AM JST

@LostinNagoya,

DOS?
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LostinNagoyaJul. 18, 2012 - 10:01AM JST

iOS, of course.
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gogogoJul. 18, 2012 - 10:16AM JST

@originalusername: That is guaranteed, when you buy apple you pay for it.
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ScroteJul. 18, 2012 - 11:07AM JST

The new technology will also boost displayed image quality

But Apple claim that the existing retina display's pixels are too small for the eye to distinguish, so how can they improve the image quality any more?
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gogogoJul. 18, 2012 - 11:25AM JST

so how can they improve the image quality any more?

Apple magic :)
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LostinNagoyaJul. 18, 2012 - 11:45AM JST

But Apple claim that the existing retina display's pixels are too small for the eye to distinguish, so how can they improve the image quality any more?

That makes a separate touch-screen layer unnecessary and reduces the screen thickness by about half a millimeter, Dow Jones quoted DisplaySearch analyst Hiroshi Hayase as saying.

It is nothing related to pixels, but to opacity: less glass layers mean more sharpness.
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papasmurfinjapanJul. 18, 2012 - 01:40PM JST

Does that mean now all the apps are going to be available in two formats, normal and wide?
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billyshearsJul. 18, 2012 - 04:10PM JST

What may be needed is improved readability of the screen outside in daylight.
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Rick BrantJul. 18, 2012 - 08:31PM JST

Iphone sucks long live the Galaxy S3
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jonobugsJul. 18, 2012 - 10:32PM JST

While I always appreciate new technology, is 1/2 mm difference in phone size thickness really newsworthy? How many people would even be able to notice the difference?
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malfupeteJul. 18, 2012 - 10:40PM JST

is this the only new feature for the next iphone??
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Mark BradleyJul. 19, 2012 - 01:28AM JST

Galaxy S14 has

a touch rollable LCD 10'' wide screen can drive your car for you send birthday / holiday greetings automatically interface with your brian directly uploading anything you want to learn in minutes encode and decode optic nerve signals so that you see reality as augmented

iPhone can

play angry birds in space
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gogogoJul. 19, 2012 - 09:39AM JST

Does that mean now all the apps are going to be available in two formats, normal and wide?

More than likely you will have to but the "HD" version
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basroilJul. 19, 2012 - 07:03PM JST

They are finally going 16/9. Welcome to the 21st century apple, even my 6 year old phone had that.

Now Samsung can sue apple for violating it's design, since samsung has 16/9 screens on sleek phones.
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BertieWoosterJul. 20, 2012 - 12:08AM JST

Galaxy S14 has a touch rollable LCD 10'' wide screen can drive your car for you send birthday / holiday greetings automatically interface with your brian directly

I want to automatically interface with my Brian!

What a great feature!
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David ChangJul. 21, 2012 - 10:06PM JST

iPhone sucks... I know because I have one.....