Fwiw I do hope you're right though. I think competition is badly needed.
One reason for this slow transition is likely due to the legacy software support requirements. Microsoft seems to have vastly overestimated the complexity involved in porting Windows OS to ARM through its many attempts: first with Windows RT, followed by Windows 10S, and most recently tighter developer hardware tie-in with Project Volterra. Apple probably isn't too keen to follow this playbook - opting instead to just keep iOS and macOS separate and gradually drop x86 support entirely from macOS.
As an occasional Samsung Dex user, the benefit of having "one device to rule them all" is obvious and overall experience has been good. But to play devil's advocate, Samsung's revenues is heavily hardware-based so they'd much prefer to sell you multiple devices.
Dex actually works starting with the S20 series I believe, with the same feature parity as the latest devices. So you could pickup a cheap used S20 device to try it out.
I don’t think the goggles or ‘pro iPad’ will be any different. Apple will release when they are ready and likely they’ll do very well.
- access to custom silicon and potentially display technology ahead of what is available to competitors
- huge amount of money and resources to throw at this (buying up supply chain for key components etc)
- initial devices being iPhone / iPad / Mac accessories will give them a route to market & access to developers
I just don’t see how anyone else gets a look in.
Apple has a long history with the majority of it spent as the underdog, so I think they are less likely to be usurped… in the next few decades they could get to the point where no senior management where there in the dark days and then it all goes to hell, but I think they’ve cemented themselves pretty well into position…
Jump ship to where? Oculus?
MacBook -> steam deck and nreal air glasses
iPhone -> any Samsung with Dex
iPad -> a Boox Tab (I mostly use my tablet for reading pdfs and writing)