iOS 6 beta emulator capable of scaling to 1136×640 display, possibly confirms taller iPhone 5 design?

Posted on Aug 7 2012 - 4:58pm by Jonne Eilimö
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Taller iOS 6 home screen

Taller iOS 6 home screen

9to5Mac reports that they’ve discovered that Apple’s official iOS 6 emulator is capable of automatically scaling its home screen to fit a taller 1136×640 resolution display. The current generation iPhone has a 960×640 display. Earlier rumours and leaks also suggest a taller iPhone 5, making today’s news much easier to swallow. A taller screen would allow for 5 rows of icons to fit on the screen instead of the 4 rows that we have in today’s iPhone. Roughly a month more until the final iPhone 5 announcement.

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Jonne is a mobile phone enthusiast who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences. He has been using the newest phones out there ever since the Nokia 5110 was released. Currently he is using a Nokia Lumia 920.