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Some iPhone Duo screens are already failing
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2026
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To me, it's the aspect ratio of the screens.
This passport style ratio is what I want from such a device because that's how all paper looks like in my country. We use the ISO paper standard being A sizes. They're like the Goldilocks shape for books and media. Modern smartphones right now is closer to cinematic ratio of 21:9, but most TV content are still 16:9. Letter boxing is at the left and right side and I somehow dislike this.
This more bookish shape puts the letter box on top and bottom and somehow that's more preferable for me.
It also fits a lot better with papers and documents as A4 paper size is proportional to the passport ratio.
I'm going by the assumption that the duo is following the ISO paper ratio though. IIRC the Samsung fold 8 outer screen does follow it, but due to engineering the inner bigger screen is 4:3, which is not ISO paper ratio, but close enough.
All this to say that a 7.6" screen with a 20:9 aspect ratio will not fit the same way with a 1:1.4 ratio for non progressive web content. And I prefer the latter.