iPhone 5S rumoured 4.3-inch screen could lead to delay

Here's a juicy morsel of semiconductor industry gossip (not a phrase I've ever written before) -- Apple is planning a larger screen for its next-generation iPhone 5S, and the switch could lead to the flagship phone being delayed until the end of the year.

Apple's release schedule for its major gadgets is usually regular as clockwork, with a fresh new design for the iPhone every other year, and an S upgrade with the same chassis but boosted internals the year after. They always come out in the autumn, in plenty of time for Christmas.

So this rumour, which comes via our sister site CNET News and Taiwan's Commercial Times,quoted by Bloomberg, would be a major departure for the Californian company and its biggest product. Apple apparently "halted processor production for [the] iPhone 5S in May," according to BrightWire News, an industry site quoted by CNET.

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