Is there a limit on how big your smartphone can be before it can be called a tablet? LG is attempting to find out. I just dropped this teaser vid for its upcoming Optimus Vu — a five-inch, 4:3 ratio behemoth. [LG Blog via The Verge]
The big problem would be watching TV shows or movies on a 4:3 screen, given the industry standard is now 16:9… Those big black bars equate to a lot of wasted screen space.
Sally
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 9:33 PM4:3, WTF, did we not leave that screen ratio back in the 90′s?
Ozoneocean
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 9:52 PMAren’t the ipads 4:3?
Yeah, it is a pretty lame format, even Apple have to leave that musty old mothball behind.
Biggs
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 12:41 AMThe big problem would be watching TV shows or movies on a 4:3 screen, given the industry standard is now 16:9… Those big black bars equate to a lot of wasted screen space.
Ham
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 11:18 PMI’m curious to see how they skin that monster;
could be a UX dream or disaster