This looks exactly like how the X handles a video of the same aspect ratio
yeah, because that's 16:9 content. Both phones are pillarboxed there.
I think for cinematic content, the S8 has ever so slightly smaller bottom and top bars because the screen's taller (cmiiw).
the image was meant to illustrate the glare issue, though.
I agree with you, 16x9 is the preferred ratio for me as well... but not a complete deal breaker.
I was responding more to the idea that a phone shouldn't be used to watch videos, which obviously a large number of people (myself included) do.
the poster said it shouldn't be used to watch MOVIES. It should very much be used to consume video content,
most of that content you want to consume on your phone (TV shows, Twitch streams, youtube videos - anything you watch on the toilet or during your commute, really) is shot / encoded in 16:9 though. - an aspect ratio that displays PERFECTLY on the iphone 6/7/8 screen, reasonably well on the iPhone X screen, but would have ludicrously large black bars on the side on an even taller phone.
But thats texting, surfing the web, reading, and shoting vertical videos for instagram. They designed the screen around that kind of usage. And I'm sure the largest share of the user base use their phones for exactly those scenarios.
uhm. yeah. That's what i'm saying. I think the fact that the phone still shows black 'bezels' when playing a scene from Wonder Woman, which so many seem to be hung up on, is not a fault of the phone's design, but a strong commitment to the content most people will consume.