>buy a usb dock
>enable freeform windows on your android phone for multitasking
>plug hdmi, ethernet, keyboard, and mouse in, and turn your android to a pc
>code via ssh to servers or workstations
>do office work with android apps
>use main camera for zoom meetings
>play minecraft or other mobile games
>use KurobaEx, Ehviewer, and NewPipe
>disconnect usbc and take the fully charged phone with you when you leave
>minimal power consumption because it's designed to be power efficient.
>phone battery as the built-in ups
Can you get any comfier than this? What's stopping you from being a single device chad?
>android
>office work with apps
>mobile games
no
>mobile games
>apple
walk in the woods without technology is comfier
is that chink ripoff of already chinky ugreen
It’s chink clones all the way down, son.
what if you connect everything, start transfering files and play a movie on all 3 monitors? that thing would explode, right?
Which phone are you using OP? Isn't this only a thing for some higher-end Samsung devices?
What are some pain points that you've come across?
whats the highest quality, swagged up, jelq'd out powered USB hub available?
>single device
>phone + dock + keyboard + mouse + screen
That's at least 5.
Laptop = one device.
Learn to count.
I'm pretty comfy already
Can anyone recommend one of these usb docks with two HDMI outputs?
I'm recommending you one of them.
Anker 364
A HUNDRED DOLLARINOS??!?!?
>Anker 364
I like that this one has a long, detachable cable. I'm planning to hide the dock under my desk with the rest of the wiring.
>usb dock to turn cheap phone into a pc
cool idea.
the downsides are that the phone is not easily upgradable and repairable, and in most cases it won't turn on if it has a dead battery, even if it's plugged to a charger.
and it's limited to proprietary 'apps' to do anyhting unless you install a linux distribution on it, at which point it would be more convenient to use a small sbc instead, unless you have specific use cases that needs the phones hardware.
how the fuck is this more convenient than carrying a small laptop which can do way more stuff than this garbage?
NTA
but you can do calls and sms on a phone.
I agree that a small laptop would be better for basically all other use cases
There aren't many, but you have few models which have WWAN card, there are few thinkpads models with it
If you really want to, m.2 wwan cards can go into any pc with a free pcie slot.
never had a laptop with wwan, but how would you jerry rig the antenna if the pc doesn't natively have it, an external solution?
ok, then I would definitely use one of those instead of a phone, unless I needed the small portable size of a normal smartphone.
DeX is better, no windows bullshit
It's really not much more convenient than just syncing your documents with a cloud service or to your local network with syncthing or just homegroup. Novelty aside it's bad value when you consider servicing, device lifespan, upgradeability. The only people who use docks don't actually no anything about hw or do any serious work.
>plug Dock in pixel 7
It doesn't work