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The new screen is the same width as the old; just taller. If you look at the images in that blog post, it's pretty clear that a taller screen would be fine. It'
by gecko 14y ago
The new screen is the same width as the old; just taller. If you look at the images in that blog post, it's pretty clear that a taller screen would be fine. It's the wider screen that really suffers. So I think his points hold.
- danieldk 14y ago...because nobody uses their phone horizontally.
- spicyj 14y agoIt's uncommon to use a phone horizontally with one hand.
- sukuriant 14y agoBut many people use their phone horizontally with both hands. See: text messagers, IRC users, ssh session runnners, angry birds players
- danieldk 14y agoWhile the iPhone 4 screen's aspect ratio is 1.5:1, but the iPhone itself is 115.2 mm x 58.66 mm (approx 1:2). So, the same reasoning should apply to two finger use horizontally.
- maaku 14y agoDepends on the phone.
- bluthru 14y agoWith one hand? No.
- notatoad 14y agoPretty much, yeah. Unless they're watching a movie or playing a game, it is pretty rare for somebody to be holding their phone horizontally.
- mtgx 14y agoNo it doesn't. iPhone's new screen is 16:9, same as every Android phone. So a 4" iPhone screen would be exactly the same dimension as a 4" Android phone's screen. Also check this out. The Droid RAZR M is just slightly taller than iPhone 4S, and I guess on par with the new iPhone - even though it has a 4.3" screen! http://images.anandtech.com/doci/6242/DSC_8062_575px.jpg http://images.anandtech.com/doci/6242/DSC_8062_575px.jpg http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/iphone-5-compared-iphone-4s-white-640x480.jpg http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ipho...
- richcollins 14y agoIt's the absolute distance that your thumb has to travel that is important, not the aspect ratio. The question is whether your thumb can reach the opposing corner of the screen. Of course you could always say that the parts that aren't reachable will only be used for display, not controls. But I doubt that iOS 6 moves the navigation buttons to the bottom.