iPad 4 aspect ratio?

[patricksmangan]

Now that the iPhone 5's screen is taller, with an aspect ratio of 16:9, do you think that the iPad 4's screen will get taller? Maybe with the same aspect ratio to be able to play widescreen movies? That would make sense to me because I game and watch a lot more video on my iPad than I do my iPhone.

If there's going to be an iPad mini, I don't think the screen would get taller because it's supposed to be just a smaller version of the iPad 2. But I think that a taller screen might be a major "feature" of the larger iPad 4 in February or March.

Thoughts?

 

[robbob88]

I really hope not. I actually don't mind the 4:3 ratio on my iPad. I think it makes it more comfortable to hold over a 16:9 tablet. My Verizon retailer that I work at has a Samsung 10.1 tab that our customers use to login to their My Verizon accounts and us employees also use it when we're bored and after using it a few times, I do not find holding it to be all that comfortable.

 

[cardfan]

Apple only changed the iphone in a response to competition and needing a bigger screen.

The ipad doesn't pose this problem and doesn't need to change.

 

[patricksmangan]

Maybe theyd keep the body size the same. If there's any credibility to the rumor that thy might get rid of the home button, maybe it's to put a wider screen on the same sized tablet & get rid of the bezel on the left & right in landscape orientation.