This is definitely the future of computing. Using a phone as a desktop. Very neat ! Would be enough for the vast majority of users who only use their pc for mail, youtube, banking and light gaming.
@Your MOVE There’s no point in doing that. The cool thing about turning your android phone into a desktop is that you can have on device for everything. You can take it outside and use it as a phone but then bring it home, plug it into the dock and then you have a very decent desktop PC. I could even imagine that there are some docking stations out there where you could have it as a laptop with the phone sitting in a space for the trackpad. I reckon this could really be the future of computing where you only need one device to do 99% of your work. I mean, unless you’re doing very strenuous processing or gaming, phones are more than powerful for pretty much every daily task that the average person is going to get up to
@@jamesorrell7462 I agree - this is the future. Small devices become both more powerful and more energy efficient - so in few years we could have a really monster PC that doesn't get that hot. And you take it everywhere with you, so that would be really convenient. Just need a monitor/keyboard/mouse and a dock for your phone, and can play and work on your system anywhere. BUT I think android (or ios) is not the best operating system for that. They are way too limitting. Those are really "mobile" operating systems, they might work fine for on-the-go but fail epicly when trying to use it as desktop. My hopes lie within projects like postmarketos, ubports, pinephone and similar, that try to give you full PC/desktop experience on small device. I think that in few years it will mature enough to be perfectly usable.
@@JackJack-xj8ei I think the target for things like Dex and whatever Apple have now brought out is Chromebook owners. Android and iOS are more equivalent to that than other desktop OS. So I'm assuming that's the marker they're going after. Why buy a Chromebook if your phone can do everything it does?
@@jamesorrell7462 Motorola did just that in 2011 with the Motorola Atrix. They even had a laptop-like dock so you could "insert" the smartphone and experience a sort of desktop linux OS. I remember thinking that will be the future back then, but for some reason (most probably poor performance and/or compatability ) it didn't attract people and the idea was under developed until Samsung's Dex. Seems like now it's getting some serious attention from manufacturers, which is good.
Oh thats going to take at least a century and would need some heavy investment from laptop apps to get ported over to the Android/ios environment Not that its Impossible, but that It would take people willing to move from laptops and the freedom those machines give you in terms of operating systems and softwares, and It would take the actual phones being Just as powerfull as laptops, and i dont think this will be even possible due to the sheer ammount of size a laptop has vs a phone, you can allways fit more tech in bigger hardware.
@@slick6227 A lot of desktop apps already exist on mobile in one form or the other, and porting the rest would certainly take less than a century. Phones don't need to be "just as powerful as laptops", they only need to be powerful enough to fulfill the needs of most laptop users, and, honestly? We're pretty much there already, I personally struggle to think of anything I actually need a laptop for (outside of my work, but that's because I develop software for a living). So yeah, laptops may be the next piece of tech that phones drive to near obsoletion, like they did with digital cameras, watches, or, arguably, portable game consoles (Steam Deck and Switch still thrive, of course, but I'd argue that SD isn't really a console and Switch's sole saving grace is the strength of its exclusives).
For some the future is straight edges from 2013, proprietary ports, tightly locked down systems and everyone is either a photographer, Instagram/tiktok model, audio and video editor. Multiple devices with compromises, so you need to buy different devices and pump up profits of company and destroy environment.
All I ask for is Steam on mobile... phones are already authentic point of being able to run many triple A games of last gen and some from today's even. Just need that cross over.
@@info-load7952 on the flipside i could imagine an open phone with interchangeable parts (even being able to hotswap the SoC chip) and an open environment that can run any OS you want. Sadly it's hard to see a path towards that in the current industry, but it's not that hard to imagine that one day we could all be treating / using our phones the exact same way we use our PCs today.
Dex on my Samsung 10+ works great for the PC part, but for Zoom, I needed a short (8"-40") selfie stick with tripod to get the camera pointed properly. With wireless keyboard & mouse, its a great setup.
@@Dtr146 Not with any type. This function have only some Phones, usually those from highend S line but maybe some others too, if you search the model to find out about.
Holy cow! My mind is blown. I bought a Samsung recently and I wanted to explore how to use it to the full potential. Definitely did not expect this cool capabilities
maybe add option to turn it on but I myself rather have 0,1 second resizing time wasted then watch 1 second animation betwean every resize etc....I rather have snap quick PC then good looking but slow one
I just use Samsung Flow or SideSync on my PC to access whatever I want from my phone while using my PC. Their phone screen mirroring function is actually quite reliable and smooth.
Or have dual monitor connected to windows directly and use Dex for PC software in one of the screen. This will use Keyboard/mouse input connected to PC for controlling Dex and you don't have to press any buttons.
What is the power delivery through the Expand X? Would it do super fast charging or just fast charging? Really good video btw. Interest is seriously perked.
I'm using Ubuntu Budgie 20.10 on a HP Thin Client t620 and a LG Stylo 4. Scrcpy is the tool I use to control the phone with the HP t620. The phone is Android 8.0 so I have to plug the speakers into the 3.5 audio jack on the Stylo 4. If the phone was Android 10 then I would have used sndcpy to capture the audio. I'm using the Sentio Desktop app for a desktop interface on the phone. I've tweaked the Sentio app to look like Windows 10 and I have multi and resizeable windows as a proper desktop should. I use the Mantis gamepad mapper and Droidmote for remote and mapping needs.
@@antscape yeah, that's great indeed! On the other hand i'm just gratefull for all their failures which got me 2x VR360 to play around with, a top of the line phone none wanted and therefore went second hand for cheap and a pretty beefy speaker add-on.... all together for €70/$84. The value i get tinkering with those parts is just awesome !
Currently use a G5 with an old dell mini netbook and scrcpy. I have to limit scrcpy's bitrate and resolution because the PC is so weak but it works. I can even play games using a Bluetooth gamepad directly connected to the phone.
The idea is quite good, although I don't like how they placed the ports. Already with 2 cords attached it doesn't look like a sleek setup and you even didn't use a power cord. Would have preferred to have HDMI and USB-C power at the back and maybe the phone connector on the top of the unit with a way shorter cable (and yeah I know you could also use the phone in landscape, would still work and look cleaner imo)
Very impressive and usefull gadget shown here. Especially for those who need a desktop PC in a few situations from time to time without the willing to buy a real PC. Also when there is not enough space at home to hold a big PC this can become an interesting solution. Thanks for this review.
This is definitely the first time I see a smartphone holder with HDMI and USB ports. If I can get this attached to a lapdock like the NexDock Touch, that would be great.
@@NicCrimson thats true but a user claim that he manage to do it on a type c 2.0. Solution; converter from 2.0 to 3.0 type c. Which I'll be testing soon. I havent buy the peripherals yet
This is great and all, but as far as android being a "PC" when plugged into a display, well... that's been happening since Android 2.0, and even before.... with official docks existing as far back as the Note 1. With USB, KBD, Mouse, web cam, printer, scanner, mic, external drive, and more all having been supported since back then as well. There's a reason android has always been better than iOS for anything that actually matters since inception.... and this is part of it for sure. Though it goes much much MUCH further.
@@Tuulos Android doesn't only do the same thing, down to a per permission level, per app... but you can even turn on and off any certain particular permission per app... regardless of what the dev insists or intends. You can literally turn off contact access to a phone book app... or camera access to a camera app... or gps to anything, etc etc... totally a la carte
Thanx ETA Prime for an interesting vid. I like the elegance of the Expand X for my Samsung DeX, as well as its "KVM" switch capabilites between my desktop and phone, in one neat package.
@@burgessd4994 idk why it's not supported yet because if u go into the developer mode thing it gives you the option to force desktop mode on secondary display
The people yelling at 3:30 scared the living hell out of me, I was in the middle of backing my semi truck into a spot and I have noise cancelling headphones on, I thought somebody was yelling at me -.-
Because wireless mirror is like making your phone uploading high res video in realtime to monitor. Wireless good for powerpoint/presentation, but wired better for watching videos/game
This looks cool. I just wish it can also do type-C to type-C video out while still being able to use the USB ports. This can be useful for touchcreen monitors. Samsung phones support touch via this connection but doesn't seem to be supported by all based on my test on a Huawei phone which just outputs the display without touch.
It's neat that it has a built in usb switch and phone stand, but I've got a very simple question that tends to get glossed over - Does it support more than 1080p on DeX mode? Sounds simple enough, right? It is until you realize that Samsung likes to play games with what hubs support what resolutions - typically their branded hubs enable higher resolutions. This, combined with the intentional lack of battery charging cap option on the phone line ultimately means I don't bother with DeX anymore. I'm all for what it COULD be, but until they stop dinking around with artificial limitations, I'm good. Still a neat dock if it works.
I'm using Ubuntu Budgie 20.10 on a HP Thin Client t620 and a LG Stylo 4. Scrcpy is the tool I use to control the phone with the HP t620. The phone is Android 8.0 so I have to plug the speakers into the 3.5 audio jack on the Stylo 4. If the phone was Android 10 then I would have used sndcpy to capture the audio. I'm using the Sentio Desktop app for a desktop interface on the phone. I've tweaked the Sentio app to look like Windows 10 and I have multi and resizeable windows as a proper desktop should. I use the Mantis gamepad mapper and Droidmote for remote and mapping needs.
I have to say it's good. Though 1st too many cables. The phone has Dexs already so you don't need the dock only type c to hdmi cable will do. 2nd baseus has a docking station that you just plug the phone into the dock and no need for cables apart from the one to the monitor. Though I do like this standing dock. Great review 👍
@@wiskymo9687 I'm not too sure about that. GPU performance would probably not be that great (if at all, due to API differences) but I think CPU performance could actually be decent.
I can say that I have a BeeLink GTR-Pro and their quality is very impressive. If this dock is built anything like that then their price is justified IMO . I'm a big fan of BeeLink so this looks like another winner.
Anyway you could do raffles some of the extra gadgets you buy on the weekly? You could even do a patrion for tickets and make money for the channel with it ....just seems like less of a waste only if you dont already have a use for them
Amazing video always love your videos. I will recommend "Samsung Dex Pad" or "Samsung Dex station" its samsung own docking station for samsung dex it also comes built in fan for keeping the phone cool while under heavy load.
I wish there was a dock with a telephone handset. It is more convenient to have long discussions on a handset. I can't tell you the number of time I've dropped my cell or the call trying to get comfortable. Also, not everyone uses speaker or hands free.
I subscribed and liked, first-time viewer, my question is this: in theory, do you think it will be possible to use ADODE PREMIERE PRO to perform top-level video editing with the new upcoming Asus RogPhone6 (ultimate edition), given all the correct peripherals, hardware and software? Any ideas recommendations
As long as the information transferred isnt allot. One could MAYBE have such work via remote desktop. As in the heavy lifting would then be done on the server, not your phone. I am planing to try this in context of Citrix usage.
Buddy, something is wrong with RU-vid - I was your subscriber (with the notifications turned on) and now when I clicked on this video...I wasn't a subscriber anymore :(
there is even a dex for windows that is so cool you can use samsung dex with a pc or laptop within windows that allows you to do nothing to use keyboard mouse and monitor already connected to your pc or laptop. this feature is one of the developments of the partnership of samsung and microsoft that started with the move to use one drive instead of samsung cloud service that is now purely phone number and basic setup config backup now. a join them if you cant beat them move regarding cloud storage service!
It definitely can. You just have to enable 'Force desktop mode' feature from Developer options and you're good to go. OnePlus flagship phones does have HDMI ALT (aka MHL) mode.
On my TinyInOne monitor for my lenovo tiny, there is a button on the front that swaps input, it also swaps the USB ports, camera, microphone and speakers over to my M1 Mini. I tried, and my Sony Xperia 1 supports second monitor, its a little bit jank and would prever to have full linux instead of android, but at least i can do many windows at the same time on the second screen, and 2 on the phone screen.
I actually I’m getting mine in two days it took 39 days shipping but it actually does eventually show up I guess my tracking number sat in China for 37 days but it just showed up in Miami
I just connect my Dex to my Windows PC wirelessly and put Dex on a second desktop environment. I can bounce back and forth on the single monitor with no issues at all...
This is nice but you search "SCRCPY" you can do screen mirror on your desktop on any android phone without this device for free. You can set it up via USB or WiFi. You can buy a basic stand and do the same without the extra hardware.
I have Huawei that has a pretty cool desktop interface but they are stupid enough to not put HDMI out to the phone. I wish I could use a dock like this, cool video. And be careful with the oven
Hey great vid.. looking to get one but cant find for sale anywhere.. you have any other suggestion that do the same thing? Desperate to game on a larger screen without lag etc. TIA. keep up the great work
