If you are one of the many people out there waiting on the release of the next generation iPhone then you really won�t have to wait much longer. It is widely expected that the Apple media event that is being planned for September 12th will be all about the iPhone and will possibly introduce the new device for sale approximately nine days later.
Apple have already released the fourth beta of iOS 6 to developers and the new iPhone will be the first device that will ship with this major rebuild of iOS 6 pre-installed on it. What we have learned though is that if Apple does announce the next generation iPhone next month, they will more than likely announce a public iOS 6 launch on the very same day.
We already know that iOS 6 will bring some great features to the existing hardware but what about those people who are actually planning on purchasing or upgrading to the new iPhone? One of the biggest discussions has been about the larger display that Apple is set to introduce to compete with other smartphones. The physical size of the iPhone has always remained the same but rumors are suggesting that the next release will have a 640x1135 resolution display thanks to a larger vertical dimension. Thanks to some clever trickery with the iOS simulator within Apple�s Xcode development environment, it has been proven that Apple have been testing out their software on larger display devices.
Those involved with this testing have managed to tweak the simulator tool to run at the 640x1136 resolution which is thought to be the next iPhone�s native screen resolution. These tests were carried out on both the latest public release of iOS as well as a beta version of iOS 6. When running iOS 5.1, the simulator increased the space between app icon rows to symmetrically lay out the existing four ways on the larger screen. With iOS 6 an additional row of icons was added to the display showing the iOS 6 has internal logic for a new user interface layout on a bigger device.
This is all very interesting but it really doesn�t provide us with any proof that the next generation iPhone will ship with the reported larger display. What it does show is that Apple has put some thought into producing larger display devices. As always we really do have to wait for the official announcement but at least the wait time is nearly over.
