Comment by turtlebits
4 days ago
It's likely Apple is optimizing for the unfolded experience rather than the outer screen.
While researching Samsung folding phones, I found it interesting that some users seem to rarely unfold it. I'd guess the Samsung did the opposite and chose an aspect ratio matching regular phones, which gives the inner display suboptimal usability, especially for media.
Samsung have experimented with bringing back the 'passport' format on the Z Fold 8, presumably as a hedge against the Duo taking off.
People seem to find it pretty ungainly compared to the more common tall/thin format - it has to be used with both hands even when closed, even though Samsung's one handed mode shifts the keyboard across as well as down (I don't think Apple's does, so it'll even be worse).
Sure, it's a better format when opened but that might account for only 10-20% of the time in use.