Apple testing larger iPhone, iPad screens with suppliers

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/07/iphone-5-2013-07-22-03_620x340.jpgRumors that Apple is looking to super-size its upcoming iPhone and iPad lineups are gathering steam, thanks to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal. It cited Apple's suppliers in Asia, who said that Cupertino is testing a 12.9-inch iPad design and prototype iPhone screens larger than the current (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/18/apple-iphone-5-review/) four inches. While Apple wouldn't comment, of course, that jibes with an earlier Reuters report, which claimed (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/13/reuters-apple-considering-4-7-inch-and-5-7-inch-iphones/) it was considering 4.7- and 5.7-inch iPhone screens. If accurate (and that's always a big ifwith such rumors), the report doesn't necessarily mean that products with larger displays will ever come to market -- Apple routinely changes specs and tests components during the development cycle. Still, it would be further evidence that the company's willing to bend on its one-size-fits-all screen size policy, which is something that the large-handed (or weak-eyed) among us might appreciate.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/22/wsj-apple-testing-larger-iphone-ipad-screens-with-suppliers/