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I predict the iPhone to be something like that - the rumors on MacBooks on ARM are loud. Having the phone dock into a screen/keyboard/mouse workplace and displa
by johannes1234321 8y ago
I predict the iPhone to be something like that - the rumors on MacBooks on ARM are loud. Having the phone dock into a screen/keyboard/mouse workplace and displaying a mouse-friendly desktop isn't far of.
- Waterluvian 8y agoThat's a future in which I would buy a $1000 Apple phone. And I think the tech is all there for Apple to do it.
- tyingq 8y agoIt does also fit with Apple's desire for more reasons to pay a lot for a phone. They seem to be running lower on those than they used to.
- saiya-jin 8y agoBut it won't be 1000$ anymore with the gradual price hikes. Expect at least 2000$ with reasoning about "all you ever need and much more"
- dmitriid 8y ago> Having the phone dock into a screen/keyboard/mouse workplace and displaying a mouse-friendly desktop isn't far of. How do you imagine this would work even in theory? Running two OSes side-by-side (one when in phone mode, one when in desktop mode?). Or running two largely incompatible desktop shells with largely incompatible interfaces for multiple apps (touch-optimised programs are very different from mouse-and-keyboard-optimised programs)?
- johannes1234321 8y agoYou don't need two OSes. For applications there is lots of work to make it really nice. Putting mobile apps on "desktop" can be done, while user interface will be a bit strange. But that's a thing which needs time. Microsoft tried that by pushing mobile on desktop, but they didn't have the mobile story. Apple has notable Userbase on both.
- dmitriid 8y agoSo, who exactly is going to “put a lot of work to make apps behave properly in incompatible environments”. Userbase has nothing to do with that.