Apple Inc. (AAPL): Which iPhone 5S Rumor Should You Believe?

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It’s extremely unlikely that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will move to a 4.3-inch display this year, since it just moved to a 4-inch display last year. Apple has been known to make last-minute component changes (like when Steve Jobs abruptly switched the original iPhone’s display from plastic to Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) Gorilla Glass just six weeks before launch), but changing display size would effectively require redesigning the entire device. There would also be negative consequences to iOS, since introducing another screen dimension so soon would add a layer of fragmentation.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may very well have a larger iPhone in the pipeline, but there’s ample evidence that it can wait to get it right before addressing that niche market segment. The trend toward larger devices isn’t urgent enough to risk delaying Apple’s most important product launch of the entire year.

I never thought I’d say it, but DIGITIMES is probably right on this one.

It’s incredible to think just how much of our digital and technological lives are almost entirely shaped and molded by just a handful of companies like Apple.

The article Which iPhone 5S Rumor Should You Believe? originally appeared on Fool.com.

Fool contributor Evan Niu, CFA, owns shares of Apple. The Motley Fool recommends Apple and Corning. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple and Corning.

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