iPhone 5 Have May Have a Larger Screen, But Not a 4-Inch One

The launch of the iPhone 5 is drawing nearer, but many of the specs of this device remain a mystery. One hotly-debated area is screen size, with a new report indicating that the model won't have as large a display as had been previously thought.

A report published early this month, supposedly based on info leaking out of Apple Switzerland, said that this company's next-generation smartphone will have a Touchscreen that's 4.0 or 4.2 inches. Now, however, sources who work at display makers in Asia say that the device will actually have screen that's that's smaller than that: 3.5 or 3.7 inches.

The iPhone 4 and its predecessors have all had 3.5-inch touchscreens, but numerous sources have said that the new model will have a slightly larger display, though not large enough to noticeably increase the overall size of the handset.

In addition, Apple is allegedly going to drop the glass back-panel used on the current iPhone model and go instead with an all-metal design. This will allegedly be thinner than its predecessor.

Other Details
Apple has done a fairly good job of keeping information on its next smartphone under wraps, but a number of reports have revealed some of the specs. Whether these will turn out to be reliable is an open question, of course.

The iPhone 5 will supposedly include an 8 megapixel camera, up from the 5MP shooter in the current version. It will almost certainly run iOS 5 on a Apple A5 1GHz dual-core processor, the same chip used in the iPad 2.

Many details remain a total mystery, though, such as storage capacity. The presence or absence of 4G LTE is also the topic of much debate.

This hotly-anticipated smartphone is expected to launch in early- to mid-October. In addition to AT&T and Verizon, unconfirmed reports indicate that Sprint and T-Mobile will also be offering it.

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