Turning My Phone Into A Laptop...

[@ShutterKnack]

A lot of people are missing the point of this and why this is a bargain. When you have this, you can basically keep it as you upgrade your phone. With snapdragon-powered laptops nowadays, its just a matter of time until a flagship phone can run full windows. I am already using DEX 90% of the time.

[@johnduff3914]

I thought Thao was saying Lapdog.

[@SkywardKing]

I seriously thought that's what she was saying until I saw the name on the device Lol.

[@chazcov08]

Wait… she’s not?

[@princecharmingthemerman]

Lapdock​@@SkywardKing

[@princecharmingthemerman]

​@@chazcov08lapdock

[@BunN954]

She got me on the 1st half, Not gonna lie

[@MiguelRPD]

I'm glad they're still making new models !

[@anetizen6404]

Turn your Ally or Deck into a productivity machine

[@ak_hoops]

Yea this seems much more practical.

[@jedstuhr]

yaaaaaay!! Been waiting for a review of this product from you (and a handful of other KZbin NexDock users) 😁

[@diezgp]

I love your reviews, Thao. The thing missing in Android is ChromeOS when the phone is connected to a screen and keyboard. I think it is coming, they are already working on both operating systems having the same Linux Kernal and besides that, ChromeOS is functional inside some Android devices.

[@KiGeprak]

I remember 9to5Google did a video on it (Pixel 8/Pro, latest Android beta) some days ago but it doesn't really have taskbars and we have to install an overlay app for that. But that's a progress.

[@broughy23]

I really don't understand what Nextdock was thinking with this because it still has a lot of the same issues as the previous version, like you mentioned, so it feels more like a prototype than a polished final product. I think its biggest problem is the price, though, as $300 is rather extortionate when you can get a decent Chromebook for that price.

[@anetizen6404]

Yeah the Chromebook Gaming with an i5 1240P is now 300$ Certified Refurbished and it’s an op Linux machine

[@CaptainFSU]

If you are poor or living in a developing nation and can't afford 5 computing gadgets this good be a game changer. That's who this is for.

[@GhastlyHunger]

I bought a similar product from UPERFECT which was using a similar SKU. No one in KZbin reviews mentioned how reflective the screen was, which made it almost unusable in lecture halls. The battery life was also abysmal, lasting less than two hours. Lengthy email conversations with support claimed that they couldn't replace the battery. They also refused to send me a battery replacement or tell me how to replace it myself. They said some nonsense about it having to take 15-30 days to repair it, and then they proceeded to ask me how much the fee for the battery change would be (how would I know??) for verification. Afterwards, they want me to send the device over at my own costs. I asked for the instructions on how to send it back, and they continued with the nonsense about long repair times. Instead, they offered a 50% voucher for my next monitor, which does not make sense since I have to spend hundreds of dollars again for a monitor which will end with battery issues and a terrible display. Their argument was that I will be responsible for the return costs because I have used it for a long time (time check, 5 months of useless emails). I eventually received a partial refund through PayPal. Do not recommend. - Customer support is terrible. - Support does not want to provide proper instructions to return the device. - Support provides excuses about returning the device for repairs, stating long repair times. - Support wants customers to pay for return costs. - Support wants customers to buy another defective and discounted product. - Warranty is fake and clearly for show.

[@Andreasytac]

Did Nexdock think anything though? Search for dr158w. Seems like these companies are at best customizing the end result of a common parts bin

[@lesleyhaan116]

@@anetizen6404 yes you can actually run Linux on a chromebook

[@pulkitsharma6313]

Your yearly samsung dex video

[@EricJohnsonGuru]

That is one way to fix palm rejection issues. Just move the touchpad away from the palm.

[@CoffeeTime_with_Crescendo]

Or just remove it altogether since it's brodeline useless 😅

[@SilentPrepperFL]

I ordered one of these a few weeks ago. They are supposed to start shipping after July 31st. I really love the idea of just using one of this and my Samsung S22. You are absolutely right... I tell people about DEX and they don't know or never heard of it. I am looking forward to mine... I am pretty tech savy so I guess I will deal with all of the short comings of this product and DEX.

[@danm.v5858]

motorola ATRIX ...

[@jimmyzhao2673]

Motorola tried this with their Atrix phone in 2011.

[@T3CHGY007]

at first when the vid started i was excited about it, but as vid played more i was like, ohhhhh ummm not as excited! The product is getting there, but maybe the next model will be better!

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

It's awesome, I just finished RDS for a mobile development. However, a phone screen is a bit small, so this is the perfect solution to develop Rust apps on my phone.

[@duffywest]

Did widows phone do this back in the day, and now this would be an awesome thing to have if it did everything a laptop could do with file management.

[@johnm7882]

I feel they should remove the track pad and place phone charger there. And use that as your mouse. It would feel more natural.

[@nickthaskater]

Too many different phone sizes and dimensions to account for, and that would kill the use of things like Steam Deck.

[@extra4542]

What about PC handheld users like the Ally or Steam Deck, then they wouldn’t have a trackpad. It’s not a Dex only device even if that’s probably their largest customer base

[@extra4542]

There’s a lot of potential for this type of product. There’s just build quality things that could be improved along with better screen and trackpad. I understand that’s tough with the price point tho

[@FAT8893]

I'm always a huge sucker for lapdocks, but I'm not entirely sure about this one because of the touchpad. I know any pre-2024 ASUS Zenbook Duo owners can relate to the experience of using it, but it still feels awkward to have the touchpad on the right side when we are so used to the bottom side. Also, we tend to use an external mouse on the right side.

[@matts1978]

I've had my eye on this and I can tell you, the first thing I would do is turn off the wireless charging!! I do not understand this feature for this device. You are going to lose power on the dock way before your phone dies with this feature on 🤦‍♂️

[@Altema22]

Looks like a work in progress, and indeed very niche. Years ago our company outsourced IT but kept our network group, and while I waited for a new laptop, I used a desktop screen and my Bluetooth keyboard and mouse with an HTC phone as my computer. I have to say the results were better than this. Thanks for an informative and honest video!

[@Hisenormity]

Will this work with a Pixel phone?

[@curbsidetech]

I like the concept of these devices. I use a duet 5 and a fold 4 for work. If prices and battery and screen tech lines up in the future I would consider.

[@drwigglechin]

Found wireless to be good for watching video or something like responding to messages. Beyond that wired connection for sure.

[@EliReyCelebelis]

It would be cheaper to get a portable monitor, Bluetooth keyboard, and mouse. 🤔

[@HansTechTalk]

Will like to check this...

[@anaetoudechukwu8540]

That intro along deserves a like 😂

[@arthurkallinen]

Aaargh, few of the build decicions are deal killers for me. Not the trackpad tho, I love that placement from my asus zenbook pro duo. - powerbutton in the side (turned off accidentally way too many laptops with that design) - speakers blocked and being not so good - not enough space for my phone with big case on the charging pad - sub-par touch pad & the lip

[@MrVlodato]

TBF like she mentioned if you are using a samsung phone s21,s22,s23,s24, etc. the speakers on your phone are already gonna blow most things out of the water. Im pretty sure the speakers on my fold 5 are better then my laptop.

[@karlacarrozzo8497]

Had a bad experience with this product. 3 months after purchasing the Nexdock, the logic board failed and had to be replaced. The same thing happened again a few months after the replacement. I notified Nexdock of a flaw in the soldering of the USB-C Display port. They acknowledged the flaw and offered me a new one for $100. I declined. I finally just threw it away.

[@squidwerd1981]

Motorola did this first the Atrix

[@eskomies]

Thanks for review. The idea behind is good. If you are mobile only influencer but want occasionally bigger screen with laptop-like ergononics. That trackpad seems unusable. For that is deal breaker. Why buy 300 dollar device to use your current mobile as trackpad like you would normally do? Isnt it cheaper not to buy?

[@CaptainFSU]

I think the palm rejection problems are due to Samsung/android, I have a Samsung Tab S6 with the attachable keyboard/trackpad and if I graze the trackpad while typing it will move my cursor. It can get very frustrating, there have been times the bad palm rejection has led to entire sentences getting highlighted and typed over.

[@RogierWigbels]

Interesting review, as always! For me Dex replaced my laptop years ago. At the moment i'm a big fan of the Ricoh 150BW portable monitor (combined with Thinkpad TrackpoinII keyboard). Because of great adjustability and cable management (which i think looks awkward on the Nexdock). Maybe you can do a review on it :)

[@lesleyhaan116]

And how do you use Dex what apps are supported and work with Dex

[@RogierWigbels]

@@lesleyhaan116 Lots of apps scale fine on Dex, even on a large monitor (3440x1440 usb-c). Hard drives and other periferals can be connected via the usb hub on the monitor. Work related windows software i access in the cloud (Citrix Worspace app or similar).

[@mitchietorres_stan]

So many issues for a product that has seen a lot of upgrades... how do you create a product that's supposed to replace your laptop and then not have a webcam or have speakers right on top of the place where the phone is supposed to be placed?

[@djhmax09]

Thao, what's your fav song from the Tori album? Mines oceans 🌊

[@LilGrimey5Star]

Might as well carry a laptop if you’re gonna carry this

[@drwigglechin]

Concept would be having everything on one device. Also with video input unlike a laptop you could hook up a Switch to it or use it for more than just a laptop. Also easier to share the lapdock across multiple users than a laptop

[@GAZDA82]

Nexdock if u r listening here. I love your concept. To have something that you don't need to buy a tab s ultra is awesome but few tweaks guys and ur on. U need somehow to make either wireless dex connection like thr new Apple way where even if ur phone is locked u just jump on that way the mouse pad can be normal for left and right ppl and if then u can't u need some cable way because the apple way requires some software in the nexdog laptop then u need the phone insert able so you can pick up laptop and fold it and still have trackpad middle and yeh get a camera guys. That's pretty much it Ppl need to feel to use it very seamless like a tablet feel no extra plugging and keeping phone some place is awkward no wireless and still need to activate things. I hope u do this I'd be a person to not have to buy a tab s10 or or tabs20 ultra in future.

[@shiqah159]

They should just scrap the touchpad. 100% of the time i just disable the touchpad. Since the phone trackpad works better and there's touchscreen i would not have minded without the touchpad.

[@SEEYAChanel]

FHD for 15 inch is deal breaker.

[@FAT8893]

Tbh, I'm more than happy to trade higher pixel density for longer battery.

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

Probably needed to name it "Lap Dog"...

[@Lostcause1974]

Didn't Razer try this concept with the Razer Phone?

[@ShawnLangford]

Companies have tried this over and over again nobody wants this form factor.

[@pcuser0001]

There is a small community that does want this, me included, but it is hard to get right

[@luizz_k]

4:3 aspect ratio 120hz refresh rate Bigger battery and better speakers 🙏

[@NEILANIL1]

They haven't changed that much I tried the initial one that they produced and I had to send it back only because it felt so flimsy and cheap and honestly was not too thrilled using it 😕

[@MonkeyMagick]

My next dog will be a lapdog.

[@RonaldLadao]

I'm thinking bout getting the NexDock XL. I want to know if there's any issue when watching any streaming services on that device with Samsung's Dex. I remember that I tried watching Peacock videos on my regular laptop while DEX is connected in it's desktop mode. And I couldn't watch any of the peacock content. Yet when watching youtube videos, it's totally fine. This is going to be a deal break for me if I can't watch peacock, or other streaming services with the NexDock XL.

[@klompjes002]

Nice preview.

[@scottybones]

It's next dog .. what's next dog? ....I dunno. What u wanna do next dog??

[@NomanAwan]

It's getting out of hands now. It's your 15th Video on Samsung Dex. 🤣

[@JoeGillian0]

Hello everyone , what's the battery llife on those nexdock...(in the video i hear 5 hours?...that's unimpressive or rather bad) i dont understand why previous similar products have so little battery when they advertize real laptops with more than double or triple that battery life...

[@gman102formyspace]

Pretty sure its 5 hours while connected and charging a phone, probably a few more if youre just using it as a display? mine is still on the way, or I would be able to tell you from experience

[@JoeGillian0]

@@gman102formyspace well i think 5 hours is abysmal.... i have the nexdock touch and find it underwhelming. Yeah i will be curious that you share your real life experience....thanks

[@karrob]

This is a dope!

[@diegopazosprados]

Price is the first deal braker...

[@nickthaskater]

5 hours of use is hilariously bad. I have a 10" laptop with a full power Ryzen 16 thread processor and I get around 10 hours of regular use with it thanks to its 67Wh battery. Why Nexdock cant address the battery life, I don't understand. That kills the whole proposition.

[@drwigglechin]

If you use them without having it charge your phone you get a lot better battery life.

[@nickthaskater]

@@drwigglechin not really, no. You also quickly kill your phone in that case by having it drain while using DeX. Nexdock puts tiny batteries in their lapdocks. The XL has a 49Wh battery despite being a large 15" device. It's physics, and little to do with charging or not charging the connected device.

[@donniethesportsguy893]

Lap dog 😂😂😂 come here. Lol

[@온-m3q]

신기하지만... 왜 그래야 하는지 잘 모르겠네요 소개 감사합니다!

[@Tony-ul9zk]

1200 euro Samsung s24 ultra + 300 euro lapdoc have no sense, 1 tablet 11 inch is best choice

[@ブィブィでーす]

This just seems cumbersome

[@1brazuca]

 4ever

[@SVW1976]

This product is a failure. No place to put the phone. Hanging off the side is unacceptable.

[@wonyoung.coqutte]

First!

[@johnnykeener3727]

Crapbook?!

[@zhaquiri]

A specialty docking device that has no actual space to DOCK AND SECURE the phone? So it's just gonna dangle on the side or slide around above the keyboard? Dafuk kind of stupidity is this? 🤡

[@abhinavsumanth1753]

How can someone not think about the lefties 💀

[@RobertDunn310]

Excellent review. I see this as a niche product for people who can get away with doing their dayjob/work on Samsung DeX or people who use a cloud PC a lot. Otherwise, as much as I'd like to use my phone as my main laptop PC as well, it just isn't there yet with the current state of apps and Samsung DeX. Giving us the ability to run desktop OSes like Windows in a virtual machine in DeX would be amazing.

[@sledracer-u4t]

Agreed. I think there's only so much DeX and Android apps can do, so I also feel it's kind of a wasted opportunity to not be able to run actual desktop OSes in it, even if through virtual machines.

[@lesleyhaan116]

That’s why the iPad needs something like Dex because the iPad has the right Apps

[@Snirucher]

I'm a lefty but I was forced to use a mouse with my right hand (older siblings...) and I can't use a mouse with my left hand 😁

[@dracer35]

🤬 I pre-ordered the NexDock XL last year when it was advertised as having a 120hz screen and larger 57Wh battery. You can see for yourself using the wayback machine web archive. This is pretty shady of them to take my pre-order money and then change the specs without notifying me about the change. I already have the original NexDock that I was going to sell and upgrade to this new one but now I don't really know if its worth it anymore if it wont have the 120Hz display and bigger battery like they originally promised. 🤬

[@luizz_k]

Yes, im also a bit disappointed but hey at least they reduced the price from what i saw...

[@dracer35]

@@luizz_k I would have like to have at least been notified about the change but it has been radio silence from them. It's a good thing they lowered the price or they'd have an extremely hard time trying to sell it at the current spec with the original price. I just really wanted that better screen so I'm probably going to cancel my pre-order unfortunately.

[@katzcassim]

Love the introduction Thao 🥰😎❤️💖🤩

[@kylegriffiths5990]

Ah yes the notorious Asus PadFone form-factor. I miss those

[@TechTalkWithO]

I miss that phone 😭 They released a Asus padfone 2 in UK it never made it to the US 😭

[@KCScorpion34]

They should give it a little extra thickness & make it where your phone or tablet can be stowed inside it. Either behind the screen or under the keyboard. That way can have a better keyboard & track pad layout.

[@bobstertime]

As an IT professional we use it for security. I push my published desktop via our datacenter and just use this as a proxy. Clean fast and always connected*

[@Nickplayed]

Damn good

[@knuseski]

It doesn't make sense... if I'm bringing a 'laptop' with me, it’ll be a real one! 😀

[@zweiwing4435]

What do you think of Framework Laptop 13 and 16?

[@kylenorris9585]

You should try a Linux Sandbox on it. (Still mad that Linux On Dex ended with the Note 9)

[@raken69]

Pretty sure if samsung steal this concept they can make something more polished with added features than this... but the price is not really appealing for portable screen and keyboard and powerbank

[@juankrodriguez1506]

Anyone know which Bluetooth version this has? I can not find any info on Nex computer website.

[@donniethesportsguy893]

Man if this was a 1440p oled.....I'd buy the crap outta this

[@SantulSharma-jt3ww]

You can easily connect your Ally or gaming handheld to a Thunderbolt 4 dock to supply 65w of power, and then connect the handheld to this lapdock. It can hence serve as a laptop for both your smartphone and handheld use cases.

[@gman102formyspace]

Most docks would only do hdmi out. Very few that I can think of would have usb-c for power and another usb-c out for display and touch stuff too. You would probably have to do hdmi to micro hdmi for display, and then run another cable from the dock to the nexdock and even then the dock would probably need an extra usb-c for data because no one has a usb to usb cable anymore

[@24BlackMamba8]

People are still buying these things? 🤦🤦🤦

[@markomarkovic6690]

Best review I've ever seen

[@TewaAya]

This should be called portable kvm. If only companies used that term for hype instead of just computex/tech showcases that might never be released.

[@MajorPickleSwag]

honestly if this is pushing above $300 and all you need is a a bigger Samsung device then you might as well get a slightly older Samsung tablet. The concept is definitely cool tho

[@ivovass195]

The idea is great but still need improvements specifically the track pad, webcam situation and battery life to make it a good investment and better than the alternative like a mobile monitor and slim keyboard that often are cheaper

[@HuseinwzmHUSEIN_WZM]

Hey thao we're still waiting galaxy book 4 series review or 4 edge snapdragon X elite

[@اللهماهدناالصراطالمستقيم]

STILL WAITING YOUR COMPARISON BETWEEN IPAD PRO M4 WITH TAB S9 PLUS

[@RealChristopherRobin]

interesting device, could consider it to connect to a handheld, e.g. steam deck

[@guaiqueritech]

Samsung used to offer a DeX app you could download, install in a target computer so, when you plugged your DeX-enabled phone, it would automatically take over the hardware so you could use your phone to drive the OS and the computer hardware would just be an interface. It was great, because you could literally get an old laptop, install windows 7 (it was a few years ago), and just use it to interface with your phone in desktop mode. It would be even less expensive than getting this. Sadly, Samsung removed the app a long time ago. Never understood why

[@sledracer-u4t]

But it's still there in the Microsoft Store. I have it installed and everything.

[@guaiqueritech]

@@sledracer-u4t really? I used to downloaded it directly from the Samsung website.

[@matts1978]

I'm pretty sure it is still there and updated regularly. I still get update prompts. There is one major limitation for me. The battery life on my laptop. My laptop does after about 45 mins of use, even with the brightness below 50%. Non Dex use I get normal battery life. I would love to know if others have noticed the same issue.

[@diegopazosprados]

It is there, but what's the point on doing that? Even Windows 7 will be much more usefull than DEX for almost every task

[@guaiqueritech]

@@diegopazosprados I’d rather not use an unsupported OS.

[@starboy7336]

I ❤ U

[@pcuser0001]

Thanks Thao! Love you doing these reviews.

[@rikko47]

I love the fact samsung gives us so many options

[@archangeloflies4022]

A better screen, a pencil and you get a tablet

[@kazi1]

Hi

[@Johnreene]

Great to be the first