Other Is anyone expecting Split View/PiP on the X Plus?

[Fynd]

Am I wasting my time in hoping for this? I know iOS 12 has been revealed, and is what it is, but is there a chance they pull some kind of "we believe these sort of features aren't worth it until you have a screen that's at least 6.5" or something?

I'm excited for the giant display, but it'll be a damn shame if we can't do either of these on it while our Android friends with their years old smaller phones are streaming/chatting at the same time.

 

[JPack]

I'd be surprised if Apple didn't introduce split screen on the 6.5" model as a differentiating factor.

With iOS 11 beta, most of the new interactive elements were hidden until iPhone X was launched.

 

[chabig]

I wouldn't expect split screen. Apple would have had to tell developers in advance so they could modify their apps.

 

[JPack]

I wouldn't expect split screen. Apple would have had to tell developers in advance so they could modify their apps.

Split view has been a feature on iPad since iOS 9. Most major apps already support it.

 

[akash.nu]

Split view has been a feature on iPad since iOS 9. Most major apps already support it.

Eh?! Wasn’t Split view on iPad introduced with iOS 11?!

 

[JPack]

Eh?! Wasn’t Split view on iPad introduced with iOS 11?!

No, it was back in 2015 with iOS 9, the same year iPad Pro was launched. iOS 11 brought additional features like drag and drop and a new dock.

 

[Fynd]

Yea, AFAIK these things are very easy to enable and because of their iPad support since iOS 9 should work for most apps by default. I know you can get a couple of jailbreak tweaks that essentially just flip a couple of flags to enable them on the phone:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2017/01/01/forceinpicture/
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2017/12/12/medusafied/

Knowing how simple it is to enable it frustrates me. If the 6.5" enabled both it'd be a game changer for using the phone.