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20:9 is a rediculous screen ratio

Started Apr 23, 2021 | Discussions thread
wklee Veteran Member • Posts: 9,950
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Fishchris wrote:

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 ?!

I cannot imagine small images and text but Apple has a 20:9 iPhone 12 mini 5.4" device. Their smallest iPhone 12 for those who wanted a compact iPhone (but more costly) than the cheaper iPhone 4.7".

Here is a size comparison from the smallest 4" to 6.7" (largest).

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone-12-size-comparison/

The original iPhone SE 4" and SE 2 4.7" have a 16:9 ratio. The iPhone 7 and 8 Plus have a 16:9 ratio. The rest have a 20:9 ratio.

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