The Sony Xperia 1 II is built for a certain type of phone user; and I’m starting to fully understand that.
A 21:9 aspect ratio is something we’ve seen on a variety of smartphones over the past two years. It makes your phone longer (and therefore more difficult to use day-to-day) but allows you to have a wider display for when you’re settling down to watch a widescreen video or play a game.
Time and time again I’ve heard from manufacturers that a widescreen display makes for a far better experience. I agree that it does when you’re specifically watching video or a myriad of other activities in landscape, but the switch to 21:9 makes it a more difficult phone to use when messaging and whatnot.
And to be honest, that’s mostly when I’m using my phone. So that’s a difficult trade to make, especially when the amount of 21:9 smartphone content out there is still sparse. But then in walks Call of Duty: Mobile… and I’m reconsidering all of that.
The game has hammered home to me why people would want a wider display like this, and while it didn’t give me an entire epiphany it did further prove to me that this is a good choice for some.
