preface
Recently, Shenzhen walked into the subway, and I definitely saw all kinds of workers carrying suitcases and notebooks in the crowd. People are at work, and wherever there is a computer, it is an office. Although they belong to the same community of destiny for workers, looking at the way they hold the chassis carefully, the picture of the penguin holding the baby inexplicably appears in the author's mind...
And this time for everyone to reduce a negative, to see what mobile phones, tablets currently support mobile office. Of course, this does not refer to writing code, pressing video and other hardware-demanding work, code writing, light retouching, PPT tables, light video editing in front of the current mobile phone is not a thing.
However, the absolute efficiency of this office is greatly reduced, and regardless of the unexpected situation of slipping on Taobao, typing alone is enough, and the split screen is a mess. Fortunately, now some mobile phones have supported the desktop mode, and the large-screen operation interface is automatically adapted when the external monitor is connected, and the light office is absolutely no problem.
Four major opportunities have created a popular mobile phone office
Computer office is definitely a matter that everyone is accustomed to, but in the past two years, the slogan of mobile office has soared, and Lao Luo, who took the lead in launching TNT, rushed early in the morning, but was busy and lonely. In a sense, it is a loss that has been eaten from time to time against people's discord.
Phone performance improvements
First of all, when TNT came out, the SOC used was Snapdragon 845, although the reputation is still quite good, but the performance and computer comparison is really not enough to see, not to mention that the Android software was still generally stuck in 32-bit, after this year's chip upgrade, cancel some of the core support for 32-bit applications, only to force domestic software manufacturers to gradually promote 64-bit applications, allowing applications to use more than 4G memory, and higher operating efficiency.
And now the ROM of mobile phones is generally upgraded to 128GB to start, RAM is also 6GB to start, the capacity is no longer stretched, even video clips can be competent.
USB-C display
In addition to the performance improvement of mobile phones, the display's support for USB-C video input also benefits mobile phones. The mobile phone has only one interface, in the past, the display was connected through the conversion line or docking station, and the connection of the mouse, keyboard and other devices required additional power supply, which greatly improved the threshold of use.
The new display recently purchased by the charging head network supports USB-C video input at the same time, but also supports PD charging, and the additional USB interface is easy and convenient to plug in various peripherals, which makes the mobile phone office really clear the hardware obstacles.
Work from home
The epidemic in recent years is the driving force of the outside world, when the home office from sudden to normal, forced to leave the familiar working environment and equipment, can quickly set up, carry around the data, safe and stable computer alternatives, it is not the mobile phone.
Especially WeChat, if you change the device, the past chat history synchronization is quite troublesome, and the use of mobile phones does not have this trouble, a lot of information was originally saved in the mobile phone, home office for some originally rely on mobile phones, complete the light office of the workers, no pain or itch.
Online office system
After reading the above, you must say that the equipment is secondary, the communication between the teams has been broken, and the handover process reconstruction is the real pain point of home office. In the past two years, the cloud office that has gradually been promoted by enterprises has largely solved this problem.
Whether it is documents and forms co-editing, graphite documents shared by the main cloud, Tencent documents, or the main process and orientation of feishu, these cloud office platforms have changed the communication and cooperation methods between individual teams in the past, as long as they enter this ecology, team members at the end of the world can quickly join the workflow.
brief summary
Of course, at this stage, the support on the software is the real pain point of mobile office, like Adobe, Microsoft and other manufacturers have noticed this, began to layout cloud office or reconstruct the mobile APP, and strive for mobile office. It is believed that with the entry of large manufacturers, the software adaptation problem will soon be solved.
Which phones support USB-C video extensions
The combination of over-performance smartphones, USB-C-enabled displays, the pandemic environment, and interest in online office systems have all contributed to the possibility of using mobile phones. So the question is, what mobile hardware devices such as mobile phones can achieve better office scenarios by connecting a USB-C cable directly to the display? Let's take stock.
Apple Apple
Why are apples here? In fact, it is not the iPhone that is being talked about here, but another smart mobile device owned by Apple.
Yes, it is the iPad, since 2018 Apple brought the USB-C interface to the iPad Pro, the expansion performance of the iPad has been greatly enhanced, with the desktop optimization of iPadOS, the use of iPad to work has changed from imagination to can.
Up to now, in addition to the basic iPad, Apple has updated all the interfaces of all iPad product lines to USB-C, and users who hold USB-C iPads only need a USB-C cable to connect to the display at home to get a better viewing experience.
With a set of keyboard and mouse, it is a breeze for online office, and it is a good choice for users who do not have a computer at home.
HUAWEI Huawei
Huawei has also developed a desktop mode for its own mobile phones to provide better choices for Huawei users to use mobile phones to work.
The way to use is also very simple, just need to use the C to C data cable to connect the mobile phone with the monitor, at this time on the mobile phone side can choose to open the desktop mode, after opening the mobile phone can be transformed into a trackpad to operate the desktop mouse.
Using the desktop mode of the mobile phone can be more smooth online office, with the desktop mode, the use of mobile phone office from talking to reality.
Smartisan hammer
Before starting, the author also went to see the hammer official website, the current official website can still enter normally, but almost all the goods are out of stock.
In addition to the Smartisan OS operating system, the Nut R2 is also equipped with the TNT 2.0 operating system, which connects the mobile phone to the display and can realize desktop-level office scenes.
Simply connecting to the display via a USB-C cable triggers the Nut R2's TNT 2.0 operating system.
With the use of keyboard and mouse, it can be very easy to deal with for some office scenarios.
Samsung Samsung
Samsung mobile phones have long been supporting desktop mode, that is, Samsung DEX mode, by converting the operating system of the mobile terminal into a desktop operating system to provide better choices for users' desktop office.
The way to use is also very simple, just need to support the Samsung DEX desktop mode of the mobile phone and the USB-C display through a USB-C data cable can be connected, the phone will automatically recognize the connected display, so that the DEX desktop operation interface is displayed on the display.
Once connected to the display, you can use the phone as a trackpad, or you can connect the keyboard and mouse operation, which is more than enough for online office.
FAQ How does Switch connect a video type-C with a base? Is it full speed?
A: Switch TV mode is not connected to the video through Type-C, the C port in the base is only used for charging, and the video transmission takes the HDMI interface.
Samsung's tablet can also activate DEX mode
A: This is indeed supportable, but due to the recent temporary work from home, it is possible that this material has not been collected for everyone. But not all Samsung phones support it, and some low-end models are not.
Samsung S21U uses CC cable to connect to the Dell monitor, 10 times successful once, most of the time the monitor can not find the signal
A: This situation is most likely a problem with the line, we have also encountered this situation in the test, change a high-quality lightning wire, the problem is solved, this user can try to change the line.
It would be nice to be able to connect directly to the Switch.
A: The Switch does not support direct-attached displays, or it is achieved through a docking station. In addition to the original docking station, some third-party can, some can not, or to test it.
Charging head net summary
Of course, in addition to the above mobile phones that support desktop mode, some models of brands such as Red Devils and OnePlus also support wired screen projection, and there is no special adaptation to the large screen.
In addition to the external screen, the current folding screen mobile phone is also a new trend of mobile office, more and more affordable price, with wireless keyboard, climbing grid or processing table data, can make full use of the advantages of large screens. But to be honest, even if it is a tablet, I haven't seen how many people use it for office...
Do you think the sex of mobile phone office can be used? What is stopping you from working on your mobile phone, welcome to tell us in the comments section.