Android can produce a huge range of screen "sizes" for phones demanding a web view, according to one site's mobile results: "This client of ours isn’t unusual. They are UK based and their audience reflects a wide cross-section of consumers. If anything, the audience probably skews a bit older (and therefore if you believe the stereotypes) less likely to be experimental with new technologies. So why the incredibly wide range in Android screen sizes?

"What we in fact are seeing is a classic case of unintended consequences. In this case, the consequences of a wide ecosystem coupled with some of Android’s more user-friendly design decisions."

"Apple Inc may invest $1 billion in Sharp Corp's Kameyama factory to secure the supply of screens for iPhones and iPads, MF Global FXA Securities wrote in a sales note on Wednesday, sending shares in the Japanese consumer electronics maker up more than 2 percent."