As the weeks until the iPhone 5 acknowledgement/announcement/launch count down, the rumors continue growing in number and frequency. Today it is Taiwan’s DigiTimes tech site with the latest iPhone 5 rumor. According to cited “upstream panel suppliers”, DigiTimes claims that the iPhone 5′s display will be smaller than the previously rumored 4″ size, and that total size will be only 2.5″-3.7″ diagonally measured.

In other news: DigiTimes also goes on the record claiming that Apple has dropped the glass backing on the iPhone 5 and instead replaced it with metal.

Gadgetsteria’s take: Apple really can’t go too big on the display without increasing resolution as it would lessen clarity and sharpness too much. Still, we think 4″ is the perfect meet-in-the-middle of the two. As for the back casing — we always hated it. It was pure design genius. Real world practicality, however, was sorely lacking. Here’s to hoping we get the sweet looks of the original EDGE-only iPhone but without the horrible signal attenuation.

Source: DigiTimes | Via: Cellular-News