I like to see progress in this field but this still sounds kind of half-baked.
And it has 12GB RAM, 256GB storage, has a memory card slot that they say supports up to 512GB, and it’s gonna be $549 USD… so they say.
I’d be interested if it were pure Linux. I’m fine with de-Googled Android, I suppose, but I’d just prefer it to be all Linux. I use Macs at home, and my main phone is an iPhone, but the iPhone is just “okay.” I prefer iOS to Android, but phones have been kinda boring and haven’t improved much in the last 5 years.
The idea of a phone you plug into a dock and it becomes your computer with keyboard, mouse/trackpad, and monitor support has been a dream of mine for a while. Samsungs can do it, but most people don’t know about it and it blows their mind when I jack my Thunderbolt to HDMI cable into their phone and show them a whole ass desktop environment on the TV. Honestly don’t get why more people don’t do it. Google/Android TV sucks (too many ads), tvOS is just alright (no ads but restrictive); I think the best thing would be a micro PC (like a Raspberry Pi) and a keyboard/trackpad controller device (you can find 'em on Amazon for $20-30). Something you can run Firefox with uBlock Origin on. I kinda wanna try that with a base M1 Mac mini (8GB RAM/256GB SSD). But if you’re a Linux nerd, you probably know of ten better options, and I’m all for people learning about them. One might even be better suited to me.
Android is the default mobile operating system that you can use on the go. Debian is available as an app that you can load in Android, allowing you to switch to a GNU/Linux distro with support for desktop apps at any time. And Windows 11 is installed alongside Android in a dual boot configuration, allowing you to switch operating systems when you want to use your Android phone as a Windows desktop.
You can already do the linux part with any android phone with apps like this: https://f-droid.org/hu/packages/tech.ula/
Can I play modded Fallout 4 on it?
With boosteroid or similar. Own nothing and you will be happy on subscription
I doubt it. Fallout 4 needs really good single threaded CPU performance because the engine sucks.
Does it have any sort of a cooling system?
The docks need to start providing cooling fins and maybe even active cooling for the concept to work. The phones themselves just can’t cool this usage pattern they would be too bulky.
Bingo!
This is why mobile systems just can’t do desktop. Heat dissipation is a real issue when you’re trying to do more.
I’m not very well tuned into the Android space, but doesn’t it have a desktop mode right now? GrapheneOS has theirs in beta. Read this article and I’m still not clear what this does that others do not.
