Somewhere Between iPhone and iPad, the Duo Found Its Own Place.
Apple's foldable doesn't stretch iOS or shrink iPadOS. It moves the controls to the side, and that choice will define the first year of living with it.
Brad Thomas
Brad Thomas is a product designer and developer with a designer’s eye for what Apple gets right and a builder’s instinct for what could be better. Brad writes about visual and UX design, AI, and the software he’s actively shipping.
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