More pics and video of possible next-gen iPhone display leaked

Dag...why cant they make it with a bigger screen.

It looks like the cover of this bad boy :

http://www.dhgate.com/iphone-3g-style-f003-wifi-java-tv-dual-sim/k-ff80808125e4390a0125fd2a3c576af3.html#1

The black screen may be a different technology BUT it could be nothing more than a design cleanup. If you look at the iPhone from an industrial design perspective (and through the lens of anal retentive Apple designers), it IS a little weird that the screen is lighter than the faceplate around it.

A cleaner, more tightly engineered (aka Apple-like) design would call for the screen to blend in perfectly with the rest of the face, because it reveals less of the "inner workings." The user looks at it less as a collection of various components and more as a single unified device. It's a nitpick, but at this point they aren't going to make major form factor changes, they're going to be focusing on the little things.

Display technology aside, the same can and will be said of the iPad's solid black screen. It just looks better and makes the device seem more solid.

The screen is definitely OLED considering how black it is. Either that or it's fake.

I don't buy it. I think a change in form factor is very unlikely unless it is absolutely necessary. Doing so would force a lot of accessory makers (especially case makers) to adjust to the size difference. Not a big deal, but that in turn forces consumers to re-buy those accessories which would not make them very happy and less likely to upgrade. I know they've changed form factor once, but that was before the phone really blew up (before subsidies).

I remember reading back in the day that CDMA phones are always a little thicker than their GSM counterparts to account for the CDMA antenna, which was, at the time at least, always a little bigger than the GSM version. I think it was in reference to Blackberries and Palm Treos, which back then were available in identical forms on both networks. So maybe Apple's solution, instead of making the iPhone thicker (which I'm sure they'd be loath to do) would be to make it a little bit longer to fit in the extra hardware? Or maybe that size difference is no longer an issue on modern phones, I don't know.

I am not so convinced. Questions I would ask...

1) why did they remove the home button assembly from the faceplate. This is a significant change in how repair parts would be handled as well as increasing the repair (sku) inventory.

2) Why did the inner/backside manufacturing design change so much. This does not seem to follow common Apple design patterns

3) Why the HUGE home button. I have never heard any complaints that the home button is too small. I don't buy the argument that extra antenna space would affect the functional interfacing (ie. the home button).

So you think Apple is going to let down their wall of secrecy to send parts out to a phone repair outlet - for a phone that's probably months away?

It's probably for one of the iPhone clones, most likely this one:

http://www.itechnews.net/2009/03/23/tiphone-yet-another-iphone-clone/

What song was that in the video?

Has anyone noticed it's really quite black? I don't know if that's been pointed out yet.
What do we all reckon it's going to be called, anyway? How about iTelephone, to distinguish it? That would be quite cool. Or maybe iCell or iMobile (depending on whether you're in the US or UK). Or even iPhone The Next Generation (which G are we on, now, by the way? 4? 5? 3 and a bit?)

What about (Apple, are you listening?), doing it in DIFFERENT COLOURS? We could have an iTelephone The Next Generation - Pink, iTelephone The Next Generation - Yellow, iTelephone The Next Generation (wait for it) - BLACK! Now that would be revolutionary. A black one!