You call that better? Give me a break.

That's a silly statement about whether it's widescreen or not. Only some movies have the the 1.78:1 proportions. If you get a DVD that's "anamorphic widescreen," then it will play in a box that is 1.78:1, but that doesn't mean the movie itself has those proportions. If the movie has a smaller aspect ratio, say 1.5:1, then empty spaces (bars) appear on the sides of the image. If the movie has a larger aspect ratio, say 2.35:1, then empty spaces (bars) appear on the top and bottom of the image. So no one really cares what the aspect ratio of the screen is as bars are going to inevitably be present at some point. So would you have preferred that the phone be narrower in width or taller in height (both from the phone perspective) just so we can "call it" a "widescreen?"