iPhone Duo Can Do Split View, But Not Like Your iPad
Apple's iPhone Duo is the first iPhone that can run two apps side by side, but anyone expecting the sort of freedom that Split View offers on iPad might want to temper their expectations. Apple's iPhone Duo marketing materials talk up app pairs and side-by-side windows, but it doesn't mention anything about resizing them. There's a reason for that. If you put two apps side by side on the iPhone…
Apple's first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, can run two apps side by side, but the split view feature lacks some key functionalities compared to the iPad. The iPhone Duo's marketing emphasizes the ability to work with app pairs and side-by-side windows, but it does not mention the inability to resize the split view windows. This limitation is due to the display geometry of the iPhone Duo, which has the same 1:1.4 aspect ratio for both the inner and outer displays.
This ensures that each app receives a canvas it already needs to support, with the divider sitting neatly on the fold. Despite this, the iPhone Duo offers several benefits of split view, such as quickly swapping between apps, opening two windows of the same app, and having conversations over Messages while looking at another app's content on the other side of the screen.
Users can also save pairs of apps to return to later. Pre-orders for the iPhone Duo start on October 16, with availability beginning on October 23, priced at $1,999.
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