By: Nathan Eddy, eWeek
As anticipation builds for the impending release of Apple’s latest iteration of the popular iPhone smartphone, generally referred to as the iPhone 5, electronics manufacturer Sharp let slip that the company is preparing to ship the screens for the handset this month, Reuters reported. Sharp president Takashi Okuda revealed the information during a Tokyo press conference concerning the company’s quarterly earnings report. “Shipments will start in August,” Okuda was reported as saying, without elaborating on specific dates. The latest iPhone’s enlarged screen is the subject of much speculation, with rumors suggesting the screen will be bumped up to 4 inches from the current 3.5-inch screen found on every model of the iPhone since its debut in 2007. As competitors like Samsung debut new Google Android smartphones with increasingly large displays—Samsung’s Galaxy S III boasts a 4.8-inch a high definition (HD) display with a 1280×720-pixel resolution—Apple needs to wow consumers with the new iPhone, which is expected to be released at a special press event Sept. 12.
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