Adam Kos Multitasking on Apple's mobile platforms is still properly reviled. This is primarily because the iPhone or iPad are comparable in performance to computers, but Apple, for example, still does not offer the option of split screen in its iOS. And we are not talking about some superstructure after connecting to an external monitor.
Apple presents its device as "all-powerful", regularly stating that the iPad outperforms most modern laptops in terms of performance. There is no reason not to trust him, but performance is one thing and user comfort is another. Apple's mobile devices are not held back by hardware, but by software.
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Samsung and its DeX
Just take iPhones and their work with multiple apps. On Android, you open two applications on the display and with drag and drop gestures you simply drag content between them, whether from the web to notes, from the gallery to the cloud, etc. On iOS, you have to select an object, hold it, drop the application, drop another one and the object in it let go If you don't know it's possible, we won't be surprised. However, this is not a problem in iPadOS.
Samsung is certainly the leader in multitasking. In its tablets, you can activate the DeX mode, which seems to have fallen out of the desktop's eye. On the desktop, you can open applications in windows, switch between them and comfortably work in full. At the same time, everything still runs only on Android. Dex is also available in the company's phones, although only after connecting to an external monitor or TV.
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So it's a tool that wants to make sure you can use your device as a laptop as well, since 2017, when the company released it. Imagine just connecting your iPhone to a monitor or TV and having a running version of macOS running on it. Just connect a keyboard and mouse or trackpad and you're already working like on a computer. But does it make sense to do something similar for Apple's mobile platforms?
It should make sense, but…
Let's forget now that Apple doesn't want to unify iPads and Macs, i.e. iPadOS with macOS. Let's talk primarily about iOS. Would you use the option of having just an iPhone, which you connect to a monitor via a cable and which offers you a full-fledged desktop interface? Isn't it easier to just always use the computer?
This is how Apple presented Universal Control at WWDC
Of course, it would mean a lot of effort for Apple to create something like this, with the fact that the use does not have to be voluminous, and the money spent on this will be lost in sight, because it may not have the appropriate response. It doesn't even make sense for Apple because they'd rather sell you a Mac than give you a free feature that can replace it to some extent.
In this regard, it must be admitted that the price of the M2 Mac mini can actually make it worthwhile to invest your resources in it rather than limiting yourself to "just a phone". Even for it, you have to buy peripherals and have an external display, but the work it does is disproportionately more convenient than a Samsung DeX on Android. The added value would be nice, useful in an emergency, but that's probably all.
A phone as a substitute for a computer is nonsense. I like it the way it is. And the split screen on the iPhone, I wonder what masochist would use that, it's pretty unusable on the iPad too. Again, you are looking for problems where there are none.
Agreed… a phone is a phone and a comp is a comp, anything to tinker with is nonsense…
Why cry that you can't eat soup with a fork? The iPhone has its own uses and users have no need to turn it into a desktop computer. They're not going to scrub the floor with a toothbrush when there's a toad lying next to them.