I don't understand why in 2020 ability to dock and connect to K&M and display is not supported by most phones. There were attempts to do just that right before Windows Phone died, but hardly anyone tried this again. You now have enough RAM and CPU to run most desktop applications except maybe high end gaming. Why is it not done more?
It's been tried a few times but so far it hasn't caught on. Maybe with ARM getting more powerful in mobile devices, and with Apple doing ARM on desktop, we'll see some interested in it again. It's really up to the OS running on it and how well the manufacturer can merge mobile and desktop modes. Another issue is people tend to replace phones more frequently than laptops, so ongoing compatibility with new devices would need to be there.
It has never been tried before. There has never been a commercial phone which allowed unmodified desktop apps to run on an external monitor while allowing phone apps on the phone itself. The closest so far is DeX but that is a joke. It does not even support 4K much less multiple monitors. Are there still desktop users who are happy with just one monitor? I prefer four on my desk, not sure how a phone could be a desktop replacement with just one video output. And it should be easy - DP with MST allows multip
If you're not happy with one monitor, you won't be happy using your phone as a PC either. It won't have enough RAM and the storage won't be fast enough to actually make use of multiple monitors, especially at 4k.
MaruOS works fine on one monitor even on older hardware. There is enough processing power to get 4K out on most phones now. Galaxy phones supposedly can output 4K from USB and 4K out the network and still work well. People have this vision of smartphones as underpowered toys which they were ten years ago. Now - they can do some real work.
Most phones limit out at 4 or 8 GB RAM. I'm about to upgrade my PC to 32GB because 16GB isn't enough to avoid swapping. And swapping to your mobile phone's slowassed storage is going to punch performance right in the nuts. Also, eight mobile cores get their asses kicked by eight desktop cores, and you can build a whole PC system with a mediocre dedicated GPU for about $400 that will shit directly on any cellphone in every department but portability.
YOU might want this functionality, but most people would ra
It is an often observed fact that for most people PCs were powerful enough ten years ago. A lot of people have not upgraded their systems in ages or even downgraded to chromebooks and tablets. Also do not forget that there is now a large class of people who do all their computing via their phones. Corporations are also stretching their upgrade cycles because truth be told Word 95 is still good enough for most office writing tasks. Other than for games or serious content creation work (coding, art, science),
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It has never been tried before. There has never been a commercial phone which allowed unmodified desktop apps to run on an external monitor while allowing phone apps on the phone itself. The closest so far is DeX but that is a joke. It does not even support 4K much less multiple monitors. Are there still desktop users who are happy with just one monitor? I prefer four on my desk, not sure how a phone could be a desktop replacement with just one video output. And it should be easy - DP with MST allows multip
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If you're not happy with one monitor, you won't be happy using your phone as a PC either. It won't have enough RAM and the storage won't be fast enough to actually make use of multiple monitors, especially at 4k.
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MaruOS works fine on one monitor even on older hardware. There is enough processing power to get 4K out on most phones now. Galaxy phones supposedly can output 4K from USB and 4K out the network and still work well. People have this vision of smartphones as underpowered toys which they were ten years ago. Now - they can do some real work.
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Most phones limit out at 4 or 8 GB RAM. I'm about to upgrade my PC to 32GB because 16GB isn't enough to avoid swapping. And swapping to your mobile phone's slowassed storage is going to punch performance right in the nuts. Also, eight mobile cores get their asses kicked by eight desktop cores, and you can build a whole PC system with a mediocre dedicated GPU for about $400 that will shit directly on any cellphone in every department but portability.
YOU might want this functionality, but most people would ra
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It is an often observed fact that for most people PCs were powerful enough ten years ago. A lot of people have not upgraded their systems in ages or even downgraded to chromebooks and tablets. Also do not forget that there is now a large class of people who do all their computing via their phones. Corporations are also stretching their upgrade cycles because truth be told Word 95 is still good enough for most office writing tasks. Other than for games or serious content creation work (coding, art, science),
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Ten years ago that was valid. But now webpages beat a computer of ten years ago like a pinata.
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Cell phones actually do a very good job with web pages today. If that's the intended workload then smartphone-based computing is a great fit.