But my point was true since 2010. It’s not like it only became true since 2019.
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Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, But Only 2GB Used
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No your point wasn't true before 2019 because iPhones and iPads had exactly the same OS. There was no magic metamorphosis involved. Some people have such trouble admitting when they're wrong.
With the A15 chip and ram built in, somebody needs to do is add an external ssd and then hack it to actually run iOS.
I don’t know why you’re being so confrontational.
iOS on iPad and iPhone weren’t identical before 2019 in the same way Windows running on a 15” laptop and a 30” display is identical.
For instance, on the first iPad you could set the background image. On later iPads, iOS included the PhotoBooth app. On iPad, iPhone apps appear in a scaled window, they don’t automatically scale to fit the screen like a Windows program would when running on a bigger monitor. Split screen multitasking on iPad predates iPadOS and isn’t on iPhone.
I think it would be so incredibly difficult to do, nobody will even try. That’s most likely why the M1 iPad has not be hacked to run MacOS.
According to my sources, 1GB is reserved for a version of Pong.
Minimum "RAM"? 64GB? on A13? And 8 People liked ?
Along with 20 other comments........ you guys joking around right?
It was years ago! Why mention this incredible "metamorphosis" when iPhones and iPads now have separate OSes?
I don't think so. Has Apple ever sold a device with feature set "A" and over time introduced a new feature sets "B", "C", and "D" for the same hardware? One glaring example of missed opportunities was the original HomePod.
It’s actually a modified, more efficient version of Breakout.
Yeah, I also wonder how much room is left in there to simply ‘drop in’ a M1 Pro chip.
Hard pass. At this point I might as well wait for the M1 version next year.
/sarcasm
Though really, it feels like the display is just waiting for someone (not me) to edit some MacOS lib files and give us a 27” iMac. Sure, the A13 is probably closer to an i3 or entry level i5, 4GB ram would be tight, and 64GB storage is a joke… but this is something I’d definitely want to see happen.
As for wi-fi, I thought that was already on the SoC?
/sarcasm
Though really, it feels like the display is just waiting for someone (not me) to edit some MacOS lib files and give us a 27” iMac. Sure, the A13 is probably closer to an i3 or entry level i5, 4GB ram would be tight, and 64GB storage is a joke… but this is something I’d definitely want to see happen.
As for wi-fi, I thought that was already on the SoC?
It’s always amusing to read comments by people who have never designed anything nor could they yet second guess apples engineers.
So A11, Apple moves to 64GB as base, but it was just three devices, iPhone 8/8+/X, so maybe controller could still support 32GB.
A12, that one was initially on iPhone XS/XSM/XR, but those all started at 64GB. Then iPad mini 5 and iPad Air 3 launched but those also only started at 64GB. It was only 2 years later that the iPad 8 came out with an A12 with just 32GB storage, followed by ATV.
Perhaps A13 was a deliberate move to drop support for anything less than 64GB? iPad 9 moved onto 64GB base.
A12, that one was initially on iPhone XS/XSM/XR, but those all started at 64GB. Then iPad mini 5 and iPad Air 3 launched but those also only started at 64GB. It was only 2 years later that the iPad 8 came out with an A12 with just 32GB storage, followed by ATV.
Perhaps A13 was a deliberate move to drop support for anything less than 64GB? iPad 9 moved onto 64GB base.
Standalone FaceTime or even integrated Apple TV functionality (when paired with optional remote) would kind of make this thing awesome, actually!
This might be the first display that tweakers like hackinstoshers hack into something else. Might be a neat angle never explored.
Install ATV+ and enable Siri control and boom! The fabled Apple TV? Any sign of a WiFi chip?
It’s a display, a phone, a breakthrough internet communication device…