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20:9 is a rediculous screen ratio

Started Apr 23, 2021 | Discussions thread
Chris Wolfgram
OP Chris Wolfgram Veteran Member • Posts: 6,619
Re: Not just you

wklee wrote:

Fishchris wrote:

Hey when I posted this, I wondered if it was just me ? But apparently not....

"Sunday debate: Classic 16:9 vs. Taller screen ratios - Reader comments" https://m.gsmarena.com/newscomm-31429p2.php

Check this article then scroll through the responses. It seems that a LOT of folks feel exactly the same as I do. In fact, it appears to me that the "majority" would prefer a 16:9. A 20:9 ratio is just a dumb waste of screen space.

I prefer not only 16:9, and phones are way too big nowadays. Max 6.7" or 6.8". I favour the smaller 4" to 5" phones which have all disappeared.

I bought the iPhone SE 2nd Gen 4.7". The next size up is about 5.5" to 6.1"

Dimensions wise though it seems more about getting an edge to edge display, than having a bezel. The iPhone 11 Pro Max had about the same physical size as the iPhone 8 Plus.

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8131&idPhone2=9846&idPhone3=10508

I previously bought a Sony Xperia X Compact and XZ1. Sony and Apple were the only two companies making compact smartphones and only Apple has the small phone models.

Foldable devicess are in interesting option but too expensive.

Well I need them big to be able to see them (with anything but my strongest reading glasses) and also to be able to type.

But with my new tall, skinny @$$ phone, it might as well be a 5 1/2"er, because the key pad and photos or whatever else I'm looking at is not much bigger, than say a 5 1/2" IF it were a 16:9 vs a 6.7" which is a 20:9 🙁

Just the lamest thing about an otherwise awesome phone 🙁

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