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iPhone 6 Concept Video: Larger Screen, Smaller iPhone

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A new video shows what a thinner, lighter iPhone 6 could look like with a larger display, stereo speakers and multiple color options.

The iPhone 6 is likely one generation out, after an iPhone 5S release later this year, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of beautiful looking iPhone 6 concepts.

In this iPhone 6 video from AppleInsider.ru we get a look at an iPhone 6 with a larger display, but not one of Galaxy Note 2 proportions.

Unlike many concepts that claim outlandish features and use technology which may not be available for years, the iPhone 6 concept video below looks technically possible and doesn’t stray too far from Apple’s design DNA.

The video highlights the iPhone 6 with a 4.2-inch display that is now wider than the iPhone 5. Thanks to thinner bezels, the iPhone 6 concept is narrower than the iPhone 5. For the iPhone 6, thinner bezels and a thinner phone could allow for a larger screen that still allows one-handed operation. We’ve seen many larger screen Android phones that work well with one-hand operation, with screens all the way up to 4.8-inches, so we don’t see a hard limit on the screen size for a future iPhone.

The iPhone 6 concept dimensions are 108.5mm x 55.7mm x 7.1mm and the phone weighs 104 grams.

Apple could use the screen technology from the iPad mini to prevent errant page turns and screen touches an iPhone 6 with such thin bezels.

In this iPhone 6 concept, we also see the removal of the home button, which helps keep the iPhone 6 concept smaller than the iPhone 5 in height. There is no relocating it to the side of the iPhone, so Apple would need to incorporate gesture or motion controls. Perhaps the company could deliver a feature like the Galaxy Note 2, which can turn the screen on by waving a hand over it while on a flat surface.

Read: iPhone 5S Release Date & Rumor Roundup

In this concept we see an iPhone 6 with a 4.2-inch display but the same 1136 x 640 resolution as the iPhone 5. While this would deliver the benefit of not forcing developers to update apps, at some point Apple will need to jump to a higher resolution and drag developers along for the ride.

Other features include rear-facing stereo speakers and the color options similar to the iPod Touch, rather than just black and white.

It would surprise us if Apple stuck with a similar iPhone 5 design through a third generation of iPhone models. The company patterns indicate that we typically see a new model and then an ‘S’ model, before the cycle repeats.

While we expect the iPhone 5S release this summer or fall, it is not surprising that we are already hearing rumors of an iPhone 6. In 2012, we began hearing iPhone 5S rumors before the iPhone 5 launched, though not quite this far in advance. This may be due to consumers who are looking for a brand new iPhone experience, rather than an iPhone 5S this summer.

Read: Forget the iPhone 5S, Where’s the iPhone 6?

While it is more likely that we will see the iPhone 5S before the iPhone 6, Apple is likely testing the iPhone 6 as a prototype. We heard that one iPhone 6 prototype features a massive 4.8-inch display.

10 Comments

10 Comments

  1. crwolv

    03/01/2013 at 8:56 am

    Speakers in the back.jeez. hello iOS even android has learned and is now putting speakers in front where common sense would dictate they should b. Your always lagging behind and have a higher price? That does not make sense.it WILL catch up too u apple. Look how fast OPEN SOURCE android has leaped ios. Dummy’s

  2. Jimmy Bonez

    03/01/2013 at 8:56 am

    Still an epic failure. Still Apple Crap!

  3. Alok

    03/01/2013 at 10:56 am

    Deus ex Human revolution

  4. Don Johnson

    03/04/2013 at 5:54 am

    looks like a Z10

  5. nhuy

    03/08/2013 at 4:15 am

    yall just haters cause yall cant afford apple products

    • Gilbert

      03/29/2013 at 10:18 am

      An iphone5 is going for $50 at walmart and the S3 is $99! What;’s expensive about that?

  6. Remy

    03/13/2013 at 5:52 pm

    Can you afford it stop talking about other people

  7. Ipimp

    03/13/2013 at 7:07 pm

    At least the iPhones don’t freeze like android phones

    • Imanre

      03/25/2013 at 6:20 pm

      Now that’s a lie they do freeze

  8. Techki

    03/28/2013 at 7:09 am

    Iphones do freeze as well and takes longer to Boot… And apple has same Boring OS style and boring screen.

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