The 5.7-inch form factor didn’t come out of blue: presumably, it’s the right size for a 1080p Apple phablet. Figuring as much, UK’s T3 magazine has put together an interesting concept video making a good case for a 1080p iPhone…
It speaks for itself, doesn’t it? if you ask me, that clip happens to make a good demo of why Apple eventually might – and probably will – venture into phablets.
The biggest concern with upgrading to a full HD 1,920-by-1,080 resolution without blowing up the display itself is that squeezing more pixels onto the same display area would yield little real-life benefits.
And for your info, the retina display for iPhone 4/4S/5 packs 326 pixels per inch, a threshold where the human eye is unable to discern the individual pixels.
President and CEO of DisplayMate Dr. Raymond Soneira said only those with the perfect 20/20 vision might be able to notice a slight difference between a 720p and 1080p smartphone display.
For some people, it is possible to tell the difference if we were to sit down and study a [1080p] display and a [720p] display, side-by-side.
If you’re really a fanatic and you study images, or you have some professional applications and you’re really into displays, then it may make a visual difference for you.
According to the video, going with a 5.7-inch screen would also increase the iPhone’s 326ppi density to 386ppi, which is more than enough to justify Apple’s Retina marketing moniker.