Not so black and white, really. Remember the recent Phil Schiller (I think) quote discussing how Apple sees their devices as a continuum, with more and more functionality going to more mobile, more personal computers? They see the Watch as replacing some amount of iPhone functionality, iPhone being able to do much of what iPad can, iPad largely replacing a laptop, and a laptop almost entirely obviating the desktop? So, in a sense, Apple does view the iPhone as a small and somewhat limited but very real &quot;pocket laptop.&quot;<p>I think the relevant distinction between iOS and OS X is that, with iOS, there is sort of an understanding that the user is granted less direct control, in exchange for a near-guarantee that they won’t have to worry about certain things (like malware, or to a certain extent, battery life) anymore.