What is your favorite aspect ratio?

Since a couple years back, we've seen a lot of different aspect ratios appear onto the smartphone market. From the traditional 16:9 all the way to Samsung's crazy 21.9:9. So out of these, what are your favorites and why?

Also please, refrain from saying things like "16:9 because theres no notch" because there are phones that aren't 16:9 that don't have notches or punch holes and thats not the main point here...

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WhatsApp hits 2 billion users
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/tech/whatsapp-two-billion-users/index.html

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Motorola Razr undergoes iFixit’s ‘most complicated’ teardown yet - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/13/21135977/motorola-razr-ifixit-teardown-hinge-mechanism-repairability-reliability

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I have a Poco X2 (Redmi K30) from yesterday. AMA!

I ordered on the first day of sale through Flipkart. This is the 6GB 128GB Atlantis Blue. I bought it to replace my Nokia 7 Plus which had its USB port die out of nowhere and I couldn't charge it anymore.

[Proof](https://imgur.com/a/hiuFOgQ)...

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[DEV] I've just released a beta for typr, a simple note-taking, chat-like app with a minimalist interface, dark and amoled theme, dropbox and google drive syncing.

Here's the Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.buildone.typr

After a lot of work, and ensuring the app was ready for testing with a few friends and redditors, the first beta for Typr is available. The new google policy to new apps delayed the release by 3 days.

**Motivation**

I made Typr only as a side project to understand new concepts around android (like navigation, room, viewmodel pattern and lifecycle) , the idea came from this post: https://www.reddit.com...

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The current trend of smartphone prices.

So with the announcement of the s20 line of phones I have really noticed the trend with prices and as a consumer I find it kind of irritating.

Last year Samsung released the s10e. And where it did lack on some features like no in display finger print scanner, and a smaller screen, it had many upsides of packing the same performance and decent batter life into the device at a fairly obtainable price.

749, 899, and 999 seemed like a balance. It gave most consumers looking for a high performance...

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Google Pixel 3 XL 64GB (Unlocked, Not Pink) @ $399 from bhphotovideo.com
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1452311-REG/google_ga00477_pixel_3_64gb_xl.html

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Mobile photography: why we won't see, and shouldn't want, true optical zoom lenses on our smartphones

*[I initially started writing this as a reply to another post on this subreddit that was asking about when we would see "optical zoom that won't make phone look weird", but figured it was worth making into its own separate post since I hope this will help folks here gain a better understanding into the constraints and considerations that go into designing cameras for our smartphones. If you're unfamiliar with the concept of focal length, here's a short article that can serve as an introduction h...

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Google slams Samsung for making unnecessary changes to Linux kernel code
https://www.sammobile.com/news/google-slams-samsung-making-unnecessary-changes-linux-kernel-code/

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Pixel 3a is $219 after 20% off on Amazon Warehouse. Very good condition (usually damaged box / returns)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B07R7DY911/ref=sr_1_1?condition=used&s=warehouse-deals&keywords=pixel&qid=1581695614&sr=8-1&m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ

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Motorola Razr review: folding flip phone flops - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/13/21135809/motorola-razr-review-foldable-flip-phone-verizon-price-camera-display-battery

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Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses
https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encrypted-messaging-features-mainstream/

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As Apple and Facebook Embrace AR Fully, Google Takes It Slow
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/as-apple-and-facebook-embrace-ar-fully-google-takes-it-slow

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip sold out online in a single day in US
https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-sold-out-1083867/

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Facebook is rolling out dark mode to its Lite app
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/02/14/facebook-lite-dark-mode/

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Gmail is finally on track to resurrect Inbox Bundles functionality (APK Teardown)
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/02/14/gmail-inbox-bundles-labels-apk-teardown/

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Appcoins Scam at Aptoide Market

I recently purchased [Tasker](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&hl=en) by João Dias from the Google Play Store and was going to buy some of the related plugins, when I saw this message at the [Aptoide Market](https://en.aptoide.com/) app.

[Imgur](https://imgur.com/onb4dC4)

So I looked into Appcoins, which seemed to be legit and Aptoide Market had the apps marked with a "Trusted" badge. So i went ahead and bought 2 apps AutoVoice and AutoTools, from Apt...

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Don't break your swanky new Motorola Razr, you probably won't be able to get it fixed • The Register
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/13/motorola_razr_teardown/

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Google Pixel 4XL is at $499.99 at T-Mobile
https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone/google-pixel-4-xl?sku=842776114464

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Samsung's Volume Button Placement

So this is purely out of curiosity --

Traditionally, Samsung phones have had their power button on their right and volume buttons on the left, and post-S8 devices have had the Bixby button below the volume buttons. But on more recent phones (post S10 - Note 10 line, S20 line, S10 lite, Note 10 lite, A50, A70 etc.), Samsung has 1) removed the Bixby button, and 2) moved the volume buttons ~~to the right side of the phone, above the power/lock button~~ and the power button to the same side of the ...

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Samsung Galaxy S20 vs iPhone 11 - Apple gets Slaughtered? [Mrwhosetheboss]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFnClTCRFkM

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