--- description: Apple is increasing the size of the iPhone display from 4 inches to options of 4.7 or 5.5 inches title: The Next iPhone Will Have a Way Bigger Screen image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Next iPhone Will Reportedly Have a Way Bigger Screen by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 22, 2014 12:12 PM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 22, 2014 12:12 PM CUT Apple has [ordered larger-sized screens](http://online.wsj.com/articles/apple-suppliers-gear-up-for-large-screen-iphones-1405985788 "undefined") for its next generation of iPhones this year, the Wall Street _Journal_ reports, betting that consumer demand for bigger phone displays will help wrest market share from competitors like Samsung. The company has asked suppliers to manufacture between 70 and 80 million units of large-screen iPhones with 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays. The most recent versions of the iPhone, the 5s and 5C, have only 4-inch diagonal displays. Samsung, which has a 29% share of the smartphone market compared with Apple’s 18%, produces the top-selling Galaxy S with a 4.8-inch display. Apple’s move into larger screens may be a competitive strike against Samsung just as the company prepares to release its third-quarter results Tuesday and provide a financial outlook for the period ending in September. Apple’s 70- to 80-million unit initial order for what is being called the iPhone 6 is significantly larger than the 50- to 60 million-unit initial order of the iPhone 5S and C. \[[_WSJ_](http://online.wsj.com/articles/apple-suppliers-gear-up-for-large-screen-iphones-1405985788 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3018043/iphone-apple-big-screen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3018043/iphone-apple-big-screen/"},"headline":"The Next iPhone Will Reportedly Have a Way Bigger Screen","datePublished":"2014-07-22T12:12:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:49.240Z","description":"Apple is reportedly increasing the size of the iPhone display from 4 inches to options of 4.7 or 5.5 inches","url":"https://time.com/3018043/iphone-apple-big-screen/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Gadgets","iPhone","Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3018043/iphone-apple-big-screen/","name":"The Next iPhone Will Reportedly Have a Way Bigger Screen"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Free Must-Have iPhone Apps","description":"Great everyday apps that span multiple genres, from GPS navigation to fitness trackers.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mQ61KL0x/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-30T16:16:07.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mQ61KL0x.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3018043/iphone-apple-big-screen/","duration":"PT1M37S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3018043/iphone-apple-big-screen/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```