features and functionality on top off an iOS built for the
iPhone. With iOS 13, it finally split the operating systems
in two, giving Apple a chance to truly differentiate the
iPad and the iPhone, not bring it closer to the Mac. The
Surface is really the only device that has successfully
added a trackpad to a tablet and that’s because it’s not
really a tablet. It’s a laptop that can detach.
Simply put: the iPad isn’t a Surface, and it shouldn’t
aspire to be one. Nothing against Microsoft’s hybrid
tablet, but the Surface is a PC and the iPad isn’t.
Adding a trackpad wouldn’t suddenly turn the iPad
into a 2-in-1.featuresandfunctionalityontopoffaniOSbuiltforthe
iPhone.WithiOS13,itfinallysplittheoperatingsystems
intwo,givingAppleachancetotrulydifferentiatethe
iPadandtheiPhone,notbringitclosertotheMac.The
Surfaceisreallytheonlydevicethathassuccessfully
addedatrackpadtoatabletandthat’sbecauseit’snot
reallyatablet.It’salaptopthatcandetach.
Simplyput:theiPadisn’taSurface,anditshouldn’t
aspiretobeone.NothingagainstMicrosoft’shybrid
tablet,buttheSurfaceisaPCandtheiPadisn’t.
Addingatrackpadwouldn’tsuddenlyturntheiPad
into a2-in-1.