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I could see a use case of iPhone-as-console though, so hooking it up to a tv and using a Bluetooth controller (they work well). If there’s little to no lag, we’re at a stage where a phone could be Switch-like.
I dont know about iphone, as the phone would be working, unlocked and in the open which may not be ideal imho. But, if a device like apple tv, or macbook can hook to your tv and offer a console like experience, that would be splendid
But what is the subset of people who own an iPhone and are willing to put in airplane mode to play? It is a phone in the end , connecting it to tv and playing for hours seems very unpractical for a lot of people.
It's stated in the review that the Bluetooth controllers they used in this scenario did in fact have noticeable lag.
Probably a jawbone or similar controller would work better, but this setup would not be the ideal to stream to a larger display.
Isn’t an iPhone way more powerful than a switch too
Yes, but the lack of active cooling kills any chance it has at being a proper gaming device. If Apple made a switch clone, used an M3 Pro and had a good cooling system, it would almost certainly be better than the AMD Z1 Extreme handhelds.
But it would also be much more expensive, and there are a lot fewer games that would run on it, and it would effectively be DoA. Maybe Apple is trying to work towards that future, but it isn’t happening any time soon.
I think any device like this would need a well tested heat-sink and fan that pulls directly from the phone chassis. Just my experience, maybe other phones don’t get as hot
I could see the iPhone console working as well, but in addition to that I'd kinda like them to make an Apple TV "Pro" with an M3 chip in it (and maybe even include a gaming controller)... Then they'd be making a wider target audience, as they've already made it very easy to write an app that works across iPhone, iPad, TV, Mac.
Then you could have a high end game experience attached to your TV if you want, or if you want to bring it with you, just carry your iPhone Pro and plug it into a TV. And game developers could say "wow ok if we use the game porting tools once we can hit the phone, TV, and Mac platforms all at once"