Citing "people familiar with the situation," The Wall Street Journal claims that Apple will be launching a 4.5-inch and a 5-inch display iPhone this year due to mounting competition from flagship, big-screen Android handsets. The publication also states that according to its sources, both handsets will sport a metal casing and that the iPhone 5C, launched this September, will be discontinued. When challenged about this display shortfall, Apple has always pointed to two factors. That's why when Apple did bump its phones' screen sizes up from 3.5-inches to 4.0-inches it did so by making the handsets longer, rather than wider.



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