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Google is building its own DeX: First look at Android's Desktop Mode

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442 points logic_node | 2 comments | 13 May 25 14:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.401s | source
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carlhjerpe ◴[13 May 25 19:13 UTC] No.43976514[source]▶
This is the only natural path if mobile chips are going to keep getting faster, everyone with a flagship phone is "wasting" so much good compute resources that never gets utilized.

I wonder if we'll see USB-C docks for phones with fans blowing at the device for improved thermals.

If they nail the Linux container UX as well as ChromeOS it would motivate me to buy a top-tier device rather than my sluggish Fairphone 4, right now I don't see the usecase other than good camera.

Imagine thst a large userbase could just skip the laptop and desktop in favor of a USB-C dock and a decent display :)

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1. saratogacx ◴[13 May 25 19:37 UTC] No.43976781[source]▶
The original Samsung DeX dock for the S8 was exactly that. USB-C and had a fan in the stand to keep the phone cool.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-dex-first-impre...

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2. wkat4242 ◴[14 May 25 12:56 UTC] No.43983971[source]▶
Yes I have several of those and they still work with my S23. Not sure why they don't sell them anymore. It was a great idea. The fan is even dynamic, it knows how hot the phone is (even if it's in a case so the phone must be reporting it over USB somehow).

There was a second version which was flat so you could use the phone as touchpad. But it was thick, lacked ethernet port so it wasn't really worth it IMO. When you use a dock it's trivial to use a mouse, way better than any touchpad.