Apple iPhone 5 leaked news: Confirmation of 5.4in display for the new iPhone (DRM Technology Limited, iPhone Repair, Unlock, Auckland) 095555344

The first concrete evidence of Apple's plans for the next-generation iPhone, rumoured to be just a month away, has appeared - and it looks like it's going to be getting a larger display after all.

Although the retina-class display found on the iPhone 4 and 4S is impressive, it's somewhat cramped compared to the 4in and 5in models found from rivals in the smartphone market. Recent rumours have suggested that Apple's next iPhone design will include a larger display, and clues uncovered in the upcoming iOS 6.0 software release would appear to offer corroboration.

According to Apple fan site 9to5Mac, the current developer preview of iOS 6.0 - the software base used in all Apple's mobile products and the Apple TV set-top box - features a different user interface capable of scaling to five rows of icons. The previous release, iOS 5.1, could only scale to four rows regardless of screen resolution.

The reason for the change seems obvious: as the site's mocked-up screenshots show, the interface looks a lot more usable with five rows when the iPhone's resolution is changed to 1136x640 - a resolution which, assuming a roughly similar retina-class pixel density to the iPhone 4, suggests a taller 4in display will be the main feature of the upcoming iPhone 5.

Further testing by the site suggests that the five-row scaling only works at a resolution of 1136x640, which could pour cold water on the rumours of the 7in iPad Mini device Apple is claimed to be launching alongside the iPhone 5.

Apple, for its part, has not responded to a request for common on the site's findings.
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