This Week In Apple Rumors: iPhone 5 Display Size, Retina Display Macs, And Foxconn's Hiring Spree

Every week the numerous blogs covering the machinations of the Apple empire float unconfirmed rumors, blatant speculation and questionably-sourced reports on what the company might be unveiling in the near or distant future. Let's take a look back at what the Apple blogs were excited about during the week of March 18 - 25. Check out our last edition of Apple rumors here, and for all the latest follow me on Twitter right here.

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[josemonmaliakal]

03:19 PM on 04/08/2012

Here are some interesting news about iPhone 5 ..read at http://wp.me/p2gN9B-lq

[JohnnyRivers]

03:13 PM on 04/03/2012

A slightly larger iPhone is all I want in life. I'd like to be able to manipulate it with one hand so not too much bigger. I'd also like its battery life to be at least 30 days. Nuke power might do it. Also... I'd like it to function as a full spec cable television hub.

[Highball]

08:39 AM on 03/27/2012

There is absolutely no way that they will increase the size to 4.6". None. Zero. Not. Even. Possible.

They *could* -- I stress, *could* -- increase it to 4". But I don't see that happening, either. Honestly, people don't buy iPhones because of the size. And at the 3.5" size, they obviously aren't having any trouble selling millions and millions of them.

The iPhone sells because of the Apple ecosystem and because of iOS.

[DRaymond]

06:03 PM on 03/26/2012

Frankly Apple coud fit a 4.6 inch 16:9 display on the iPhone without increasing the primary dimensions. They would have to move the earpiece much closer to the edge and they would have to change the home button from being a circle to being a narrow bar. Neither would be deal-killers in my mind in terms of usability They might have to add a small fraction of an inch in thickness in order to keep acceptable battery life under 4G LTE and the larger screen. But the iPhone 5 would not have to be an ungainly monster like some seem to think.

[Highball]

08:45 AM on 03/27/2012

Changing the screen ratio would break the entire app ecosystem.

Won't happen.

[DRaymond]

11:51 AM on 03/27/2012

I don't think the 'app ecosystem' is all that fragile, and finally being able to watch widescreen video without letterboxing would be a benefit.  Until Apple goes with 16:9 every other handheld device will be better for watching video on.

But that was not really the point.  The point was that a larger screen would not have to make for an ungainly monster of a device if some simple changes were made to utilize more of the 'face' of the device for the screen.

[leorangerie]

01:43 PM on 03/26/2012

Anyone out there using one of the larger smart phones? How convenient is it? I'm just curious...

[Rynchostylus]

11:26 PM on 03/26/2012

I tried using an Evo 4G for a while after 2.5 years of iPhone use. It took some getting used to...

[Amin Taheri]

11:48 AM on 03/26/2012

hopefully they will increase the battery size....

[american-dolt]

11:47 AM on 03/26/2012

Big enough so we all get instant brain cancer.

[soundping]

11:29 AM on 03/26/2012

Keep feeding the big machine.

[kobio]

11:34 AM on 03/26/2012

It's about choices. Hmmm which big machine do I feed? Every smart phone is feeding one.

[Grady Klein]

11:48 AM on 03/26/2012

Isn't it just entertaining? Honestly. Glad I let Microsoft monopolize my electronics depot. Apple has too much of a dying reputation for it to be even slightly acceptable.

[Gimlet29]

11:27 AM on 03/26/2012

I cannot purchase any apple product! These devices are assembled by slaves and apple braggs about its 95 billion dollar bank account!

[dungfacerepub]

11:04 AM on 04/03/2012

so what slaves do you use

[jws2346]

10:43 AM on 03/26/2012

This must be good words for our Chinese black market. The bad news is when they gas up their Mercedes SUV's, with the gas prices so high, it's gonna' cost em' a bundle (although I understand the iPhone 5 will market for less than the ipad 2012, it'll still cost a bundle on the black market)

[grimcity]

10:30 AM on 03/26/2012

Much like Apple did with the now all-but-gone "floppy" disc drive, power moves are being enacted in a move to do the same to people's pockets.

When the iPhone 5 rolls out, it will be significantly larger than 85% of the pant pockets currently in use today (many of which used to house previous iPhone models). With the addition of an Otter Box or similar protective case, the newest offering will be, on average, 93% larger than the aforementioned pockets used by so many today.

While most britches industry insiders report that some companies will be glad to save money on the added material expense and the (hundreds of) dollars spent on sweatshop labor, a few companies leaked that they may target iPhone 5 owners by releasing "top tier pants" that incorporate not only pockets, but pockets so large that a baby koala could comfortably live in one until it's reached sexual maturity.

Army surplus cargo pants and overalls will remain unaffected due to niche market demand, but for the rest of the us, if it can't be uploaded to the cloud, it isn't worth having!

[dropthedh]

11:13 AM on 03/26/2012

You haven't heard of the soon to be in stores trowsers from Apple?

The iPants.

[Grady Klein]

11:51 AM on 03/26/2012

Completely off topic, but have you noticed how people only know of the Cloud because of Apple? It's sad really, when I hear teenagers complain about how people are taking Apple's "Idea" of a cloud storage. Makes me chuckle every time. Been using cloud storage for years.

[Highball]

08:42 AM on 03/27/2012

I've never heard of a single person who thinks that Apple created the cloud.

Then again, I've been reading Slashdot for almost 15 years, so those of us who were hearing about how "all computing would be in the cloud Anytime Now(TM)" for over a decade aren't surprised at all.

[J0E1]

10:04 AM on 03/26/2012

Hey look at that, third article in a week about a phone which doesn't exist, won't exist for another 6 months, and rumors about are completely unsubstantiated and most likely completely inaccurate like every apple rumor that's ever been posted on this website... Thanks Jason!  You are the best!

[Billk29]

10:00 AM on 03/26/2012

Never thought i'd ever see so much excitement over telephones. I have a smartphone myself but i don't salivate over a few extra pixels in a new model.

[Swiggen]

09:59 AM on 03/26/2012

The phone just like any product will be only as big as we the consumer make it out to be.

[PaticaDeGato]

09:44 AM on 03/26/2012

It's Monday morning. Time for this week's barrage of Apple ads to begin on iHP.