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Black bars on Android phones have the advantage that you can tab the screen to advance dialog without accidently tabbing a button.It would indeed be interesting to see wether they'd go with 16:9 or 18:9.
And sure, it'll matter for others, too, but on a PC you have much more options (I'm playing in window mode anyway, for example) so it doesn't really matter as much. At least I've never had an issue with 4:3. On a 18:9 smartphone on other hand 4:3 actually feels somewhat odd, given how massive the bars are and given that you don't have a choice. Add that some elements feel (too) small at times and you start wishing they'd use a bit more screen space. As said, it's a comfort feature.
Edit: that leads me to an idea. Why not keep the game at 4:3 basically, but use the now black bars for something useful, like the HUD, or a dialog history? Just move the phone and inventory buttons (all the UI controls actually) off screen to the left, add the last couple of dialog lines below, maybe the most recent goal tracker, and be happy!
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