My last several phones have been 16:9 aspect ratio. Why the change to 18:9? is there a benefit I don't recognize? It burns more battery and letterboxes most videos. I read it enhances Virtual reality ...
You have questions. I have some answers. Q: Why do certain TV channels block out a portion of the screen, either on the top and bottom or both sides? A: There's a long answer to that short question.
One of the most noticeable differences between today’s phones and those of five years ago is the screen-to-body ratio. Bezel sizes have dropped and we now have a lot more screen. The other week I ...
For ages people have been asking for iOS apps on Apple TV, and now with AirPlay the problem (to me) seems more apparent: the iOS screen ratio is wrong for widescreen TVs. First, I am very happy with ...
It may seem that LG has run out of gimmicks to pull off for the LG G6, which is why it implemented a never before seen on a smartphone 18:9 screen aspect ratio. Now, however, it is revealing the ...
Last week, I put together a piece about the rising size of iPhone screens. It was, in summary, a graph showing them getting bigger. Surprise! But as the week progressed, I thought about it a bit more ...
Android Central‘s Alex Dobie made this point to me in the buildup to Samsung’s Galaxy S8 launch yesterday: a 5.8-inch phone with the S8’s elongated 18.5:9 aspect ratio doesn’t have the same size ...
Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...
Apple may follow in Samsung's footsteps with its next iPhone in more ways than one. OLED might not be the only aspect of the display Apple will be adding to the next-gen iPhone also found in the S8, ...
In the past couple of years, the “screen-to-body” ratio has become an important metric for both phone marketers and consumers. We used to look past the thick bezels found on most smartphones, but now ...
Disney+ is bringing its Marvel Movies into a new look, and this is because of the latest IMAX Enhanced mode that it would have available for many titles from the MCU. The feature is coming to a ...