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Apple did increase the icon density the last time they changed the screen size, and I suspect the illustration of potential screen size changes didn't worry about that detail. So it may or may not change.
Personally, also having older eyes, I prefer the layout on my iPad over the iPhone. But the 6 icons across the bottom would for fine for the entire screen, and probably one or two additional rows.