This may be an example of skating to where the puck is at. Consider that the new iPad has the same power as a desktop and can be used with a desktop monitor. (

This may be an example of skating to where the puck is at. Consider that the new iPad has the same power as a desktop and can be used with a desktop monitor. (This is the $450 version.) You can also connect an iPhone to a display to an HDMI monitor, but they haven't done the work to have a desktop mode yet. Android desktop mode but they haven't been . If iphone cracks it, android will have to catch up. Phones have the power today and they have the storage today. It's just missing the work and make an external keyboard and storage display a first class experience. And the moment you can can add a $100 monitor, a $15 cable, and a $40 bluetooth keyboard/mouse combo, you are at a developer machine for about $150 over their phone that they have anyway.