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Ahead of iPhone 6 Launch, One-Third of Smartphones Sold Have Screens Larger Than 5"

With the next iPhone widely expected to be available in larger screen sizes, Canalys reports that a third of all smartphones sold (http://www.canalys.com/newsroom/third-smart-phones-shipped-q1-had-5-plus-displays) worldwide in the first quarter had screen sizes larger than five inches, a full inch larger than Apple's 4" iPhone 5s screen. The five-inch market -- some 90 million units in the quarter -- was the fastest growing portion of the smartphone market in the first quarter.
 
 Internal documents released during the Apple v. Samsung trial (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/06/consumers-want-larger-iphones/) show how Apple has been aware of consumer interest in larger screened smartphones for quite some time, and the iPhone 6 is expected to have 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch options to compete in this market.
 
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Smart phones with 5" and larger screens grew 369% - a substantially greater rate of growth than the overall market. Worldwide, they represented just over a third of shipments (34%), and in Greater China the figure hit 39%, and 43% in Asia Pacific.
 
 "This is still a market segment led by Samsung, but the trend is unmistakably toward larger-screen handsets at the high end of the market. It held a 44% share of devices with displays of 5" and above, and 53% if the view is narrowed to look at 5.5"-plus displays," said Canalys Analyst Jessica Kwee.
 
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 Consumers now expect high-end devices to have large displays, and Apple’s absence in this market will clearly not last long. It is notable that 5" and above displays featured on almost half (47%) of smart phones with an unlocked retail price of US$500 or more. Of the remaining 53% of high-end smart phones, 87% were iPhones.Only 12 percent of smartphones sold had screens of 5.5-inches or larger, with 22% between 5 and 5.4-inches and the rest smaller than 5-inches, including all iPhones.
 
 The iPhone 6 is widely expected (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-6/) to be launched this fall with a a 4.7-inch option, perhaps at 1704x960 pixels, and a larger 5.5-inch version that may launch later due to supply constraints.
 
 
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Source: Ahead of iPhone 6 Launch, One-Third of Smartphones Sold Have Screens Larger Than 5&quot; (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/05/14/smartphone-five-inch-totals/)