Jiří Filip Gone are the days when smartphones had 4" or 5" displays. Today, phones with 6" and larger screens predominate, simply because they make it easier for users to consume multimedia content. Despite the ever-increasing displays, Apple surprisingly for many does not fully utilize their potential - that is, at least in terms of multitasking and the possibilities associated with it. Almost 100%, however, it is not indecision or anything similar on his part, but a well-thought-out intention.
Although more sophisticated multitasking, at least in the form of the ability to run two applications side by side, or one application in the foreground of the other, could fit on the iPhone screens without much difficulty, which is proven in the second case, for example, by Picture in Picture for video, which is already supported on iPhones, Apple does not want to be involved in it. However, not because he couldn't do it software-wise, since that is, in essence, complete stupidity (after all, iPadOS is de facto just iOS in disguise), but because he doesn't want to, most likely because of iPads. If more sophisticated multitasking arrived on iPhones, it would de facto deprive iPads of exclusive functions, which could pay a heavy price for this in terms of sales. Like that one The iPad mini is already only slightly larger than the iPhone Pro Max, which could completely destroy it in sales - all the more so when it is calculated that the display of iPhones will grow even slightly in the future.
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If you're wondering if the saleability of iPads is the only reason why more sophisticated multitasking on iPhones doesn't make much sense, the answer is simple - yes. It is necessary to realize how iPads are actually used, or for what purpose. Yes, everyone uses them for work and the like, but in that case, in the vast majority of cases, only one working window of the application is open, supplemented with, for example, chat applications and the like. However, the iPad is still mainly a multimedia entertainment device for users, on which they watch movies, consume the Internet and, for example, write with friends via various messengers or look at photos. And for most of these things, you don't really need a large display, especially when the difference from the standard sizes of iPads and iPhone Max is already relatively small. Therefore, catching away from iPads would very likely occur especially among undemanding users, who are at the same time key for Apple. They are the ones who make up the biggest sales of iPads, because they logically reach for affordable models. With a bit of exaggeration, we can say that we can thank them for the fact that multitasking on iPhones to the extent that we know from iPhones will not just arrive.
It is a mistake to take your thought as a fact. For this reason alone, I would refrain from statements like "the saleability of iPads is the only reason...". No, it really isn't the only reason, if at all. And quite logically – if I'm an undemanding and probably a bit thrifty user, will I spend on a relatively expensive Max or Plus iPhone instead of a relatively cheap tablet? I must be an idiot.
Truth. For the price of the cheapest iPhone with a large screen, I can easily buy the latest iPad and iPhone SE.
I will settle for the fact that there is simply no multitasking on the iPhone. Not necessary. It's nice to look at, but the ergonomics of the two windows on the phone's display are tragic. I didn't even use it on the almost 7″ display of the Note 20Ultra, and that had the advantage of a stylus that could somehow benefit from the multi-window options. Then I came across in-app support and I'd better fuck off with the crap. It can be done even without it and many times even faster and easier. So much for the vaunted capability of android devices. Now with the iPhone, I never once felt the urge to have two or more windows on top of each other. I'm grateful for that simplicity and I'm happy with it. I pay Apple for that.
It is also possible to download in the background. On android I am downloading content while doing something else. On iOS, you have to awkwardly wait for it to reach and stare blankly at the dead screen 😁
That may have been true 10 years ago, I guess you haven't seen iOS in a long time. I'm downloading from vault in the background as I write this. ;)
Like 99% of other iPad users, I've never really used multitasking on my XNUMX-inch version. It's a completely marginal feature that plays no part in the buy/not-buy decision. The thesis that because of the two-part display, someone will buy an inch-larger tablet to pair with a seven-inch mobile phone, should probably make you laugh too :-)