APPLE PLANNING TO DEVELOP LARGE CURVED SCREEN PHONES.

Apple is said to be working on two
curved display iPhone models for
the “second half of next year,”
according to a source speaking to
Bloomberg , with a likely release
planned for the third quarter, as
well as better touchscreen sensors
that introduce fine pressure
sensitivity for later devices to be
introduced after that.
These new iPhones for 2014 would
come in 4.7 and 5.5-inch flavors,
according to the report, meaning
that Apple would be introducing
not one, but two different models
at the same time, in theory. We’ve
seen reports of Apple working on
different models of large-screen
devices in the past, including one
from the Wall Street Journal that
suggests it’s been working on
different tests of devices with
screen sizes between 4.8 and 6
inches. This is the first time we’ve
really heard firm information about
a possible release date for said
devices, from a source as generally
reliable as Bloomberg. A Japanese
iOS rumor site claimed a
September launch for a large-
screen iPhone late in October,
however, and two reliable analyst
sources predict a 4.7-inch iPhone 6
bound for stores in late 2014.
Apple also introduced precedent for
doing two models of new iPhone at
once this year with the iPhone 5s
and iPhone 5c, so the idea that it
could do so again in the future
makes some sense. But two new
larger-screened devices at once
does seem like a stretch – though
if Apple retained an iPhone 5c as
its third, budget device and added
two more to the mid-tier and high-
end range, that might allow it to do
so without adding crazy complexity
to its product lineup.
The sensor developments are
potentially more interesting to
those who find the current screen
size of the iPhone adequate; true
pressure sensitivity (currently,
some crude extent of that is
possible via the iPhone’s
accelerometer) would make drawing
and handwriting applications on
the iPhone and iPad much, much
better. Apple could sell the devices
as professional-level artistic devices
if it introduces those kinds of
features, in addition to just making
things better for everyday users
who want to jot notes and doodle,
for example, or perform minor
photo touch-ups.
It’s very early days to make any
kind of judgement about the likely
accuracy of these claims, but the
source gives it some weight.
Apple’s iPhone joining the ranks of
bigger-screened devices definitely
makes sense as a next move for the
lineup, but curved glass
manufacturing also seems quite
expensive at this point for Apple to
be considering launching two new
devices with that feature at once.
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