The widescreen iPhone -- not so widescreen {Engadget Mobile}

Jan 17th 2007 11:26AM In addition to the above comments, many if not most "widescreen" computer monitors that are sold, and some LCD TVs as well, have an aspect ratio of 1.6 (e.g. 1680 x 1050) or 1.67 (e.g. 1280 x 768). What these screens are doing is giving you extra vertical pixels, but still providing a close match to the "standard" HDTV widescreen ratio of 1.78.

So there is no "standard" LCD widescreen. Whether 1.5 qualifies as "widescreen" or not is a semantic question, but it's wrong to call Apple deceptive on this count. I find that the iPhone resolution is a great compromise, allowing useful applications in both portrait and landscape mode.