• LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Here is why I think it would work:

    Also, Most video have a ratio that is wider than the phone in landscape.

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      8 months ago

      I think you may be a bit behind on how large the notch is on new phones. It’s literally just the front camera hole on new phones, including Galaxy, Pixel, and iPhones. I’m fairly certain that’s also the case with the majority of other Android manufacturers such as OnePlus, but I can’t be bothered to check.

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        8 months ago

        iPhone is pill shaped. Regardless as long as there is a space with the ratio of 16:9 in the center it doesn’t matter the shape of the edges. It would give you more real estate on the screen when doing other things than watching videos, plus the corners are not even touch friendly when held vertical.

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          8 months ago

          The videos would be smaller, or the phone would have to be huge. I can already multitask on my phone, an oval shaped phone would be incredibly impractical. A notch/cutout isn’t a big deal, it just sits in the notification bar and phones didnt even used to have screen there anyway.
          Phones getting too big is why they are harder to use one handed, not because they are rectangular.