Apple receives 4-inch display shipments from Hitachi and Sony for 2012 iOS device

November 27, 2011 By Adam Rosenberg

Apple reportedly receives shipments of 4-inch LCD screens from Hitachi and Sony for an unnamed iOS device that is due sometime in 2012.

With the iPhone 4S out of the way, it doesn’t take a brilliant mind to deduce that Apple‘s tech tinkerers have shifted their focus to the iPhone 5. Could reports of the company receiving shipments of 4-inch LCD screens from Hitachi and Sony be connected to that?

The news comes from macotakara.jp (via AppleInsider), which cites sources in Apple’s “Far Eastern supply chain.” The alleged shipments are coming from Hitachi Displays, Ltd. and Sony Mobile Display Corportaion for an unnamed iOS device being released in 2012. Hitachi and Sony are also expected to be linking up with Toshiba Mobile Display Co. in the spring of 2012 to form Japan Display.

Given the timing and the previous talk of the iPhone 5 sporting a 4-inch display, Apple’s next-gen cellphone seems a very likely recipient for these 4-inch LCDs.

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bocaj at 1:51pm 4th January 2012 Really? A half inch upgrade after 5 years of the same size. Even a 4.3 inch screen will be outdated by the end of 2012 with all the tab/phone hybrids that'll be coming out.
iMan at 9:54am 28th November 2011 Why would you open tris articule and post Galaxy S II FTW? Noobs
1. iMan at 9:56am 28th November 2011 This article*
iMan at 8:49am 28th November 2011 Why would you open this article and post Galaxy S II FTW? Noobs
Gloria Zwibel at 12:18am 28th November 2011 Typo...4.5 inch screen :D
Michael Jordan Cheatham at 3:13pm 27th November 2011 iPhone 5 will be the best phone ever made
Gloria Zwibel at 9:29pm 27th November 2011 Who cares? I already have a 4.3 inch Samsung Galaxy SII. Why would I want to downgrade to an iPhone?!!
1. Michael Jordan Cheatham at 3:12pm 27th November 2011 ya but that phone sucks
Jared Sirilo at 9:27pm 27th November 2011 Also Galaxy S ll ftw.
Jared Sirilo at 9:27pm 27th November 2011 4 inch screens are so 2010. 4.3 in screen at least ftw.
Steven Rix at 11:39am 27th November 2011 I won't buy an Iphone 5 for sure, Apple could have come out with a larger screen.