According to iLounge, these may be the screens for the 2 new iPhones due for release next week. The larger one is a 3.2 inch screen - a bit smaller than the current iPhone's 3.5 inch screen. The smaller one is a 2.8 inch screen.
This all looks credible to me. We don't know, but higher screen resolutions for the same price are the norm from one year to the next. Apple likes to make each version of the iPod smaller, why not the iPhone?
If the new BlackBerry Bold can be 320 x 480 in a much smaller space (sideways), each of the two screens shown here could be at the 480 x 320 resolution. I'm guessing we would survive with slightly smaller type as long as applications get a bit better about increasing the size of the type when you rotate the screen from vertical to horizontal.
These could just be prototypes or trials or fakes. But what if they are the new iPhones?
There are a few reasons to believe that the iPhones will not be available until the end of the month, but there are more reasons like stock shortages pointing to availability as early as next week.
Which would you prefer? Some of us want a smaller size. Some us will be more moved by the capabilities of the iPhone than the small size. As a power-user, it will be hard to resist the larger iPhone if it is the only one to have 3G or GPS. I'll probably opt for the bigger size. I'm expecting the two devices to be Jr. and Sr., to be sort of a nano version at $249 or $299 and a full-size, full-featured version at about the current $399 price point.
If, however, the rumor about AT&T subsidizing their store's iPhones and Apple selling them unlocked, we may see the Apple stores selling the larger iPhone unlocked for $499. Since iPhones are not flying off the shelves just now and RIM isn't seeming to be losing share yet to iPhone, Apple will want to be aggressive with their pricing. Stay tuned, more information is likely to leak between now and Steve's keynote address on June 9th.