I only read the first couple pages but I’m seeing the same posts repeated, which are the same posts I see in every other missing-feature discussion thread. Some people would use it, some wouldn’t. Some who wouldn’t use it feel the need to tell people who would use it that nobody would use it, even though they don’t back it up with any market research, instead falling back on the argument that if Apple hasn’t done it then that means no one wants it—even though according to that logic that means nobody wanted copy paste on the original iPhone, nobody wanted bigger phones until iPhone 6, nobody wanted split screen iPads until iOS 9, and nobody wants an updated Mac mini. Fact is nobody knows how many people want anything unless market research has been done. All they know is what they want personally and what they’ve seen around them though that is tainted with confirmation bias. Some people here also feel the need to tell anyone who complains about the iPhone to get an android. Why resort to this sophomoric response? Everybody knows they can get an android, just like everybody (here) knows iPhones are the over-all better phone. But it’s not perfect, it always has room to grow. It’s ok to complain about it here. That’s partly why this forum exists. Trying to essentially shut people up isn’t adding to the discussion nor is it effective. People will complain. So if you want people to stop complaining here, your only hope is to use sound arguments to defend why that feature would make the iPhone worse off (telling them no one would use the feature is pointless because they already know they would use it). It might even enlighten them. If people aren’t listening, then maybe they can’t be reasoned with and anything you say is futile, or maybe your arguments aren’t sound enough.
Yes, split screen is better on iPads, but split screen is better on a 27” iMac than an iPad. Does that mean split screen shouldn’t be on the iPad? No, it should be on any size device as long as it can be of some use. Heck I have an iPhone SE and there have been a number of times when I would have found it useful (eg. friends send me silly videos that I would rather play in a thumbnail while I read up on something of more interest).
For the keyboard taking up all the screen, I agree that’s a problem and I think when the keyboard pops up the video would need to pause and minimize to a bar at the top of the screen until the keyboard goes away.
Is the goal to be different for the sake of being different? Android phones and iPhones take useful features from each other all the time. This benefits consumers overall, especially people who otherwise prefer one OS over the other.
