Since installation, smartphones have been on a mission – to become pocket computers that cover all our digital needs. For most parts, they can do so – you can write an email on a phone; You can open and read websites on the phone; You can give youtube and Netflix on a phone …
So, what is the reason that we turn to laptops and desktop computers? Simple – Workflow that gives us a big equipment. A large screen allows more webpage tabs to be open and easily jugged. A large, physical keyboard is naturally more convenient for long typing. The way the desktop is kept is very convenient for multi-tasking.
And, for a really healthy work process … looking forward on a screen in front of you is better than looking down on a smartphone screen. Just ask about it with your neck.
Du, of course, right?
But let’s not far from the smartphone. Now they have processors that can rival entry-level laptops. They have high quality apps that allow you to make and edit social media appearance content directly from your phone. And I know some people in my life who are not even the owners of computers. But, at this point, they own their own business, and promote online business through their smartphones.
So, we are half there – what’s next?
The foldable smartphone is set to solve one of the challenges of smartphone workflow, and this performance is size. Not only to see things in large forms, but to be able to juggle 2, 3, or 5 apps at a time. And this process is still ongoing, there are more ways to facilitate multi-tasking with manufacturers. Oppo and OnePlus have a “Open Canvas” mode, which allows you to juggle 4 apps on the screen, quickly switching to switch to which is fully displayed with a tap.
The latest Honor Magic V5 has something similar in the form of “Three app multi-tasking”, where three apps are excluded horizontally on the screen. You can fully screen all of them, and you scroll from one to another by tapping to the left or right of the screen.
It is all good and good. But what if you don’t want a folding? Either form factor, delicate, or price. Well, this is fine, because the future is elsewhere.
Future desktop is in experience
Credit where credit payable – Samsung closed the mobile in future 8 years ago, when it launched the Galaxy S8 With dex stationThis is correct, back, the dex phone did not have an autonomous software feature, you had to actually take around a small dock. It had fans to keep the phone cool, and connection to keep it charge. Then, the dex has developed. Nowadays, you can plug an external monitor Galaxy S25 Or Galaxy jade fold 7 Through the USB C port, then connect a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and you get a fully developed desktop experience on the monitor.
Samsung desktop experience
It is still powered by Android, so it contains some quirks, especially when it comes to copying and editing the text, or how the mouse pointer works. But it is workingable.
I have been talking to Dex for a few years, and even though I have a lot of doubt, you can also find online comments by those who enjoy it. Students are an example, but are also professionals who are on the move and enjoy the fact that all their files and work projects are on their phone, so they can simply plug in and work from anywhere with a little break.
And now there is also a new class of the product – a type “A laptop shell” with no hardware insideIt is a screen, keyboard and touchpad, all must be associated with you Samsung phone And run the dex. What is the benefit? It can be cheaper and lighter, and if you find yourself working more than the phone than the computer, it makes sense.
Google has caught
Pixel has a desktop mode!
It took a few years, but Google finally paid attention to the dex. with Android 16Pixel device (Pixel 8 And above) the desktop mode. This does what it says on tin, and operates like dex-plug into a monitor and go. My hope is that it will eventually be unlocked as a common Android feature for all phones. Obviously, perhaps there will be hardware limitations, but if you have a high level Android phoneYou should be able to run it, I hope.
Where is Apple in it?
The Apple is too slow for the cave and allows your devices to be more than “that one thing”. Do not look beyond the story of iPads to confirm.
The first iPad Pro was launched in 2015 as an additional-habit, additional and big iPad. And only one thing can it do with that big canvas? Slide over and split view, which were very limited methods of split-screen multi-tasking. Not only are they – till date – are not supported by all apps, but they only let you snap windows at specific sizes and specific locations on the screen.
Then, in 2022, Apple was to invent a new method of floating Windows on-screen called Stage Manager. And, again, it was not very good, as Windows still had to lock in specific sizes. The stage manager was taken till 2023 to become free-flotting and usable.
And yes, today, I can only go to work with an iPad Pro, plug into one of the docks associated with a monitor, mouse and keyboard, and do your work as a writer in Phonrena. the future is now! And, like the Samsung dex on the tablet, an iPad stage manager can run the UI autonomous-you do not need an external monitor, go to bus stage manager and use multi-window mode, although you please.
But what about iPhone?
The history of iPhone is not very different. The first “plus” model was the iPhone 6 Plus with a 5.5 -inch screen. This is not larger than today’s standards, but keep in mind that it had a 16: 9 aspect ratio, so it was a very wide 5.5 -inch screen. This became even bigger when the iPhone XS Max was launched at 2018.
But those big screens underlined only one thing-iPhone supported a split screen or floating window, at an age when Samsung, LG (you missed), Sony, and others had it as default, no-big-dil features.
It took all the ways to Apple by 2020, which eventually includes picture-in-picture video for iPhones. Hey, it’s not much, but it is something. At least you can surround the apple tv or your favorite YouTube channel (it is) Phonearena?) While doing other items on that 6.5 inch screen.
So, with this tempo, it will be about 2027 or 2030 before the iPhone gets a stage manager mode. Especially since the focus is to develop and implement AI features, which were promised, but not distributed in March 2025.
Again again… I am probably wrong and this is not a big deal. Poll time!
