I have long wished for a future when I could just plug my phone into a KVM and have a full desktop experience.

Samsung DEX isn't far off from this, it's just that you're limited to Android instead of Linux, MacOS etc.

But Apple will surely never allow such a thing since their main interest is in selling as many pieces of hardware to each of the Apple Faithful as possible. So they with a straight face suggest that a single human needs an iPad Pro (which easily tops $1500 with the eye-wateringly-expensive keyboard and a storage upgrade) and a laptop. Nevermind that they may have the same chip inside.

	▲	rootusrootus 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I own too many Apple devices, so I may unintentionally qualify as one of those Apple Faithful, but even so I can't really find a place for the iPad in my life. I've tried, I do own an old iPad Pro, but it is semi-permanently mounted to my treadmill as the only use case I've ever had that sticks. As a practical matter I either want my phone, or a real desktop computer. Something like that Samsung DEX with a real Linux OS and maybe I'm getting a new phone.
	▲	FpUser an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		>"Samsung DEX isn't far off from this" I have the latest and greatest and can attest that the experience is atrocious

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WorldMaker 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Microsoft tried to sell it as a promise of Windows Phone 10. It mostly worked just around the time that Microsoft killed Windows Phone.

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chriswarbo an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I do that with my Pinephone (a powered USB-C hub with ethernet, HDMI, keyboard and mouse; I also plug a proper set of speakers+subwoofer into headphone jack).

Both Phosh and PlasmaMobile turn into a "proper" desktop when "docked" (Gnome-like and KDE-like, respectively).

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liveoneggs 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't want the phone os on a screen but the phone is powerful enough to run a full linux VM and work well-enough as a good desktop.