Between this and the iOS 17 standby feature, it seems like Apple likes the idea of displays showing information instead of just being black. Not really sure why they wouldn’t just make this a macOS feature though, dumb to limit this to some sort of smart monitor instead of just using the computer it is connected to.
Iphone chip is mad overkill WTF that’s like several hundred dollars worth of processing power
they also have tons of them just laying around, gives them a really powerful, efficient display controller.
And they can sell it for hundreds more than that on top. There’s the real reason.
The current studio display already has the A13, I’d expect all future monitors to come with with iPhone SoC.