I think the market for it really isn’t there for a few reasons.
Performance is questionable, depending on the apps. Android isn’t really a desktop (or even laptop) OS from a UI standpoint. Tied to this, Android apps aren’t designed around desktop use.
Then we have laptops that have come a very long way in the last ten years, where battery life now approaches tablet OS (my newest laptops run all day, which is what my iPad does if I use it all day like a laptop). Considering the battery life equivalence, I get a lot more functionality from a desktop OS per charge cycle than I do from a mobile OS (not by watts, but by how often I need to charge).
I used to take my iPad with me on trips when I needed a little more than phone functionality, but not desktop. Now my laptop is marginally larger and heavier than an iPad with a keyboard case, and it charges from the same USB C cable as my phone.
All this seems to be something this idea returns to every time it comes around. Having a single device sounds brilliant, but I’d have to carry a dock anyway, so there’s not really a benefit in the end, may as well carry a laptop too.
Better late than never, I guess. I really don’t understand why this isn’t more of a thing.
I think the market for it really isn’t there for a few reasons.
Performance is questionable, depending on the apps. Android isn’t really a desktop (or even laptop) OS from a UI standpoint. Tied to this, Android apps aren’t designed around desktop use.
Then we have laptops that have come a very long way in the last ten years, where battery life now approaches tablet OS (my newest laptops run all day, which is what my iPad does if I use it all day like a laptop). Considering the battery life equivalence, I get a lot more functionality from a desktop OS per charge cycle than I do from a mobile OS (not by watts, but by how often I need to charge).
I used to take my iPad with me on trips when I needed a little more than phone functionality, but not desktop. Now my laptop is marginally larger and heavier than an iPad with a keyboard case, and it charges from the same USB C cable as my phone.
All this seems to be something this idea returns to every time it comes around. Having a single device sounds brilliant, but I’d have to carry a dock anyway, so there’s not really a benefit in the end, may as well carry a laptop too.