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People are using iPad OS features on their iPhones

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180 points K0IN | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 02:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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LeoPanthera ◴[17 Nov 25 06:19 UTC] No.45951240[source]▶
I have an 11" iPad and the screen still feels too small to use windowed apps. It gets very cramped very quickly.

I can't imagine trying to do that on an iPhone. Surely it's useless.

What this does do is reveal the fiction that "iPadOS" and "iOS" are separate. Clearly not.

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rock_artist ◴[17 Nov 25 06:39 UTC] No.45951318[source]▶
It might not be super practical on the device display. But with external display and keyboard/mouse this becomes much more usable.
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650REDHAIR ◴[17 Nov 25 06:55 UTC] No.45951376[source]▶
Honestly a dex competitor would really help keep me in the Apple ecosystem.
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runjake ◴[17 Nov 25 15:06 UTC] No.45954234[source]▶
File a Feedback request to make the “external monitor support” available on iPhone and iOS. This is essentially the equivalent of Dex for iOS.

The more people that file, the more likely it is to happen.

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1. navanchauhan ◴[17 Nov 25 19:24 UTC] No.45957126[source]▶
Are the primitives not already there?[0]

I don't see why we cannot build an app that when connected to an external monitor switches to a "Desktop Environment". Maybe, even a hacked version of UTM[1] that exposes a fully functional OS on the monitor.

[0] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/presenting-c...

[1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM