iPhone 5 to Feature bigger 4-inch Display and Faster A5 Processor [Report]

According to a new report from Digitimes, the next-generation iPhone 5 will feature a faster A5 processor and a 4-inch display in order to compete with the Google Android platform. They have received this information directly from the component suppliers.

The component suppliers noted that the production lines for Apple’s next generation iPhone have begun testing, and Apple is interesting in expanding the screen size to 4-inches to support the tablet PC market as the vendor only has a 9.7-inch iPad in the market.

Apple has always used 3.5-inch screen in all iPhone models, but most of all current powerful smartphones have 4-inch display such as Samsung Galaxy S and Google’s Nexus S have 4-inch panels, Sharp adopts 5.5-inch, and Acer plans to launch a 4.8-inch models. So compete with these phones Apple is planning to expand the screen size of iPhone 5 to 4-inch.

Digitimes also noting that iPhone 5 will sport a faster A5 processor which will directly compete with recently launched Android handsets sporting Tegra 2 dual-core processors and Samsung Galaxy S II.

Apple is reportedly looking to outsource the production of its A4 processor as well as the next-generation ARM Cortex-A9-based A5 processor to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to industry sources.

According to Digitimes Research, the iPad 2 will support an enhanced version of the A4 and the A5 will power the iPhone 5. TSMC will initially produce the improved A4, and could likely become the exclusive manufacturer of the A5.

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