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Barty · 09-07-2013, 11:35 AM

I really dislike the 16:9 AR on mobile device. Too short in landscape, too narrow in portrait. 16:10 is better but I still rather have 4:3. The 16:9 AR is IMO really not ideal for anything but watching movies/tv, which comprises at most 5% of my tablet use. The surface is also 16:9 it looks like.

It's bad enough that 16:9 is taking over PC monitors and laptops, but at least with large screens it does not matter so much. And anyway it's not like you can readily turn your monitor to portrait mode.

So are there good android tablets with 4:3 AR? Thanks.

09-07-2013, 11:35 AM	#1
Barty doofus Posts: 2,551 Karma: 13089041 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage	Are there 4:3 android tablets? I really dislike the 16:9 AR on mobile device. Too short in landscape, too narrow in portrait. 16:10 is better but I still rather have 4:3. The 16:9 AR is IMO really not ideal for anything but watching movies/tv, which comprises at most 5% of my tablet use. The surface is also 16:9 it looks like. It's bad enough that 16:9 is taking over PC monitors and laptops, but at least with large screens it does not matter so much. And anyway it's not like you can readily turn your monitor to portrait mode. So are there good android tablets with 4:3 AR? Thanks.