Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak criticises Tim Cook for delayed launch of larger iPhones

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has criticised the company and Tim Cook for delaying the launch of large-screen iPhones in the market by three years.

Wozniak, who left Apple in 1987, said Apple could have had a much bigger share of the smartphone market if it had a larger-screen iPhone for the past three years.

In an interview to CNN, he said the Tim Cook-led company would have competed better with Samsung Electronics had it released large-screen phones earlier.

The Korean company's 24 per cent share of the smartphone market wouldn't dwarf Apple's 12 per cent if it had responded more quickly to consumers' changing tastes, Wozniak said.