5-inches

More on a 5-inch iPhone and scaling the interface

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Feb 3, 2013 a 1:27 am

Just over a week ago I ran the numbers on a bigger screen iPhone, and presented several ways Apple could go, including just taking the current screen and stretching it out to almost 5-inches, which would give it the same 264ppi pixel density as the Retina iPad 4 screen. Since Apple used the iPhone density to make the iPad mini, using the iPad density to make the iPhone maxi has a certain symmetry to it.

But would stretching out the icons, buttons, text and other interface elements just make them look bigger, or would it make them look silly? Let's find out...

iMore show 334: Elegant aluminium iOS

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jan 28, 2013 a 6:13 am

Rene re-visits skeuomorphism one last time, then talks 500px, Vine, and Apple's problem with porn, Q1 2013 financial results, and iPhone 5S, iPad 5, and iPad mini 2, cheap iPhone and big iPhone rumors. This is the iMore show.

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Imagining a 5-inch iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 a 10:31 am

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Never mind rumors of an awkwardly named 4.8-inch "iPhone Math", the concept of a much larger iPhone has been floating about ever since the realities of early LTE chipsets -- and the batteries that came with them -- forced Android and Windows-based competitors to break the size barrier. Before the 16:9 iPhone 5 was announced, I examined some of the different ways Apple could go to 4-inches. More recently, following the launch of the iPad mini and the Droid DNA, I took a quick look at how Apple could achieve a 1080p+, 440ppi+ phone, one that would sit between 4-inches and 7.9-inches.

Going big

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Dec 10, 2012 a 10:41 pm

In 2012 Apple increased the screen size of the iPhone from 3.5- to 4-inches, and introduced the iPad mini with a 7.9- rather than 9.7-inch screen. Between those devices, the old-but-still-on-the-market iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, and the iPad mini and iPad, there's a noticeable gap. No 4.5- to 5-inch phone. At least for now.

Would you want a 5, 7, 8, or 12-inch iPad?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012 a 11:13 pm

If Apple were to expand the iPad family, if they were to offer a single additional screen size for the iPad, if they answered all questions about software compatibility, even if it meant a third scale for apps (between iPhone and iPad, or larger than iPad), what size would you want? If you could get a 5.5, 7, 8, or 12-inch iPad, which would it be and why?