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A question I always ask is why we can't control our phones via desktop computers yet. It's 2024; this should be possible and mainstream without half-baked solutions like Airdroid or unacceptable workarounds like rooting your iPhone.

I sit in front of a full-size keyboard and mouse literally all day, yet when I need to do something on my phone I'm forced to physically pick it up and use its horrible tiny little keyboard to achieve something I could achieve in 10% of the time on a PC.




My question is, why can't we use our phones as a fully dockable PC? For years, all I've wanted was a phone with computer specs that I can plug into a dock and use with a fully functional desktop operating system. Usually what ends up happening is you just have the same clumsy phone but on a giant monitor.

The 15 promax is more than capable of doing this, but iOS is the limitation from a usability standpoint. Can't even split the screen like you can on an iPad.


Android's had a number of attempts at that, the biggest one being Samsung DeX, but it's just not a mass market product, like mini cellphones or unsmart TVs.


My Fairphone FP4 works with a HP USB C laptop docking station. The screen and the keyboard work.


Not saying it's a universal or even remotely complete solution however I've much enjoyed using KDE Connect[1] toward this goal for a couple years now with satisfactory results for my needs.

[1] https://kdeconnect.kde.org/


Windows comes with PhoneLink which lets you mirror your screen onto your desktop and click your apps with your mouse.


I mean you can use bluetooth keyboards with your iphone if you wanted to.




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