iPhone 5 to have Curved Glass Screen

According to the sources at Digitimes, Apple iPhone 5 might feature a Curved Glass Screen following the footsteps of Google Nexus S and Apple’s former iPod Nano.

Smartphones glass manufactures usually show reluctance in manufacturing Curved Display Screen because of the capital cost involved but the manufacturing industry sources told Digitimes that about 200-300 glass cutting machines have been purchased by Apple for this purpose.

This is not the first time Apple is introducing curved screen in its product, it has done this before with old iPod Nano so we believe that the company would have made this decision keeping in view all factors including the capital cost involved.

We already know that Apple’s next generation iPhone ( 4S or 5) is not coming this June or July, and the sources at Digitimes also reveal that there is no fix timetable for begging of the production, which means that new model launch is not happening anytime soon. Apple is still working with suppliers for cover glass, glass cutting, lamination and touch sensors to achieve improved yield rates before production starts.