Love iPhones? Like math? More in our Doing the Math series, examining the numbers behind the hardware.
Recent rumors suggest the iPhone 5 might have a four-inch screen, slightly larger than the 3.5-inch screen in the iPhone 4. I was skeptical of this rumor at first, because I thought boosting the screen size would require Apple to increase the overall size of the handset, too. I fiddled with some numbers and determined that while it's theoretically possible for Apple to put a 4-inch screen in the iPhone 5 while retaining its current 3:2 aspect ratio, it's unlikely to happen for
