RE: Contest | 25-Word Comment - Monkey Business | Phone or Computer?

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Contest | 25-Word Comment - Monkey Business | Phone or Computer?

in hive-153970 •  16 days ago 

Do you have a smartphone or a computer?

Luckily I have both, but if I were to pick one of these two, it's definitely the computer, maybe a couple years from now when the Dex option from Samsung gets upgraded I might incline more to a smartphone but for now I'd stick with the computer.

For those who haven't heard about Samsung Dex you basically connect your samsung smartphone (I remember it's only the S series) to a monitor and it becomes a PC, the smartphone's screen becomes a touchpad and you can work/edit/write on the monitor just like you'd be using a computer.

Here's a simple short I found:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wbRxKLzY3F8

And you might ask yourself why? Well I enjoy the "space" a computer grants me, I currently run a 3 monitor setup and I could never get used to using only 1 like in the "old times", that's why a smartphone is out of question at the moment.

I want to be able to work on a monitor, have something running on the second one (tv series/youtube/movies) and the third one maybe run something that helps the work on the main one (Photoshop/Illustrator/Premiere/ Coding IDE ...).

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I think you need one more monitor. Seems like 3 is not enough

A GIF worth a thousand words

It's my understanding this is possible with every phone. The keyboard is connected via blutooth and a cable is needed to connect a monitor or TV. Am I wrong?

You go for the computer because you never make phone calls?

It's my understanding this is possible with every phone.

Not with every phone, only a few brands with a few models so far.

Samsung - Dex
Motorola - Ready-For
Huawei - Desktop Mode
Xiaomi - MIUI Desktop mode

But for each brand only specific models have this option, usually the top ones.

The keyboard is connected via Bluetooth and a cable is needed to connect a monitor or TV. Am I wrong?

Keyboard and Mouse can be connected via Bluetooth, the cable goes to a monitor/tv but I've seen some cases where you could connect it via wi-fi direct, but not sure how this works yet.

I've seen videos with people connecting a controller to play games on it.

You go for the computer because you never make phone calls?

Yea, the computer brings more entertainment, I don't think I've made more than 20-30 phone calls in 2024.

It sounds you make more calls than I do. 🤣. I might have made 3 phone calls but can be not a single one since I had to buy credit and if not the company would end my number. I mainly pay to keep it and lost money due to this fact more than five times.

Can't you get some sort of subscription? We have these starting from 2-3€, with unlimited 4G internet and some free minutes that no one ever uses. With a subscription you automatically pay the monthly fee and you can't lose the number.

Subscription with us always come with a fee. I gave up on that, had it with my first phone. Never called, had to pay for 2 years about 25 if not 38 euros! It was a very expensive phone.
Btw all simcards are registered.

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