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20:9 is a rediculous screen ratio

Started Apr 23, 2021 | Discussions thread
Chris Wolfgram
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Re: Multi-tasking.

wklee wrote:

Fishchris wrote:

Please tell me your 4.7" phone is at least a little older , with a 16:9 screen ratio... Because a 4.7" screen with a 20:9 screen would leave your text and images like "micro small" !

Heck, with my 6.7" screen, and the dumb 20:9 ratio, my text and images are already smaller than I'd prefer, as it is ! Mine might as well be a 5.5" screen > with 16:9. It would be the same text and image size I have now anyway.

My iPhone SE has a basic design which dates back to iPhone 6 from 2015. Both are 16:9 phones. My iPhone SE appears to be the last 16:9 phone from Apple.

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=10170&idPhone2=6378

There could be a as yet unannounced SE Plus (16:9 Ratio, hopefully). The newer iPhones iPhone X or later (All iPhone X, 11 and 12 models etc ) have a 20:9 Ratio.

If Apple, or ANY phone company for that matter, were to come out with a 16:9 ratio phone... even right now, after I just bought a new phone, I'd be switching to this new 16:9

And btw, I hope this thread will remind you when it comes time to get a new phone... That TALL screen will NOT get you a bigger image. It will just give you more wasted screen space. And if you want to have the same image / text size you have now with your little 4.7" 16:9 phone, your going to need at least a 5.5" 20:9...

I can't imagine how small images, video, and text would look on a small (less than 5") screen, with a 20:9 ratio ?!

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