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Apple readies iPhone with larger screen: sources May 16th 2012, 13:01 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News UPDATE 2-HTC new phone US sales delayed due to customs review 12:56am EDT Sony, Panasonic in talks to make OLED TVs: sources Tue, May 15 2012 UPDATE 4-Sony, Panasonic in talks to make OLED TVs - sources Tue, May 15 2012 U.S. court revives Apple claim on Samsung tablets Mon, May 14 2012 Sony slides to three-decade low on strategy doubts Fri, May 11 2012 Analysis & Opinion Apple’s valuation isn’t at risk any time soon Samsung moves on from Japan to nibble at Apple Related Topics Tech » Media » Japan » South Korea » A man looks at his Apple iPad in front an Apple logo outside an Apple store in downtown Shanghai March 16, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Aly Song By Reiji Murai TOKYO | Wed May 16, 2012 9:01am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Korea and Japan, people familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. Early production of the new screens has begun at three suppliers: Korea's LG Display, Sharp Corp and Japan Display Inc, a Japanese government-brokered merger combining the screen production of three companies. The new iPhone screens will measure 4 inches from corner to corner, one of the sources said. It is likely all three of the screen suppliers will get production orders from Apple, which could begin as soon as June. That would allow the new iPhone to go into production as soon as August if the company follows its own precedent in moving from orders for prototypes for key components to launch. Apple's decision to equip the next iPhone with a larger screen represents part of its competitive response to Samsung Electronics. Samsung unveiled its top-of-the line Galaxy smartphone with a 4.8-inch touch screen and a faster processor earlier this month. Samsung, which this year became the world's largest cell phone maker, sold 45 million smartphones in the first quarter and sales of the Galaxy phones outstripped the iPhone. Apple was not immediately available to comment. Apple's move toward a larger display for the next generation iPhone was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. (Reporting By Reiji Murai and Mari Saito; Editing by Kevin Krolicki and Ron Popeski) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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