Apple is testing the big screens for mobile devices

Edition of The Wall Street Journal, citing its sources in Apple announces that the company in collaboration with Asian suppliers of electronics testing enlarged screens for the iPhone and iPad.

Sources in the environment of suppliers say that in recent months, Apple has requested prototypes of screens with a diagonal of increased smartphone with a diagonal of more than 4 inches and for tablets with a diagonal of 10-13 inches.

Recall that the current iPhone have screens with a diagonal of 4 inches, while the iPad has a diagonal of 9.7 inches, while the iPad Mini - 7,9 inch. Sources say that it is unclear whether the new Apple ideas brought to life, as long as we are talking only about the early prototypes of gadgets. From some comments on this account press service Apple has so far refused.


Sources in the environment of suppliers say that Apple is trying to differentiate in the market for devices with different screen diagonals. The biggest competitor to Apple, South Korea's Samsung Electronics, today offers solutions in almost all form factors and price points.

As for the large-size smartphones, there is now a model, but they are working on the basis of Android. Thus, the earlier devices with screens of more than 5 inches of show Samsung, Sony and Huawei.