The new iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max all support DisplayPort for up to 4K HDR video mirroring and video output to...
  • johnthedoe@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    I hope there’s some kind of desktop mode when plugged into a monitor. All I ever wanted from a smartphone when it first became a thing was to be able to go into the office. Plug your phone in to do general tasks

    • Mistic@lemmy.world
      12·
      1 year ago

      My Samsung tabled does that. Same with their phones, it’s called Dex.

      You can even use the phone as a trackpad.

      Pretty neat feature, I agree.

      • johnthedoe@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Now that I say I always wanted to have this feature I wonder if I’d realistically use it.

        Is Dex useful? Have you used it in any regular or useful way?

        • Mistic@lemmy.world
          4·
          1 year ago

          There are a couple ways in which its useful to me.

          First is when I just want a windows-esque interface with lots of floating windows. Especially for Office apps, because they also start looking more like their Windows counterparts. Through tablet itself it may not see that much use, but when connected to an external monitor it’s really nice.

          And second is when you want to separate your daily routine with work. Because Dex is visually very different you can use it as a sort of “focus mode”, which works great for me personally.

          Although whenever I need to do something more demanding than Excel I tend to just remote to my home PC.

          I should also mention that I am studying at a uni, so unless I need to work away from home specifically and if it’s not related to studying then Dex doesn’t get used much and I just stick to conventional means of consuming media.

          But I do know people who straight up replaced their PCs with that thing, depends on your use-case scenario.

  • AnonTwo@kbin.social
    9·
    1 year ago

    So wait, does it have a displayport?

    Because I saw news saying that some models would have USB-C 2.0, only USB-C 3.2(? FastDelivery) supports monitors. So unless it has a second port there’s no way this is true.

      • AnonTwo@kbin.social
        71·
        1 year ago

        Then there’s no way the non-pro models can use monitors, let alone 4k HDR. Pretty sure even if you power the monitor separately it just doesn’t transfer the data fast enough.

        I spent months trying to use a portable monitor with a USB-C 2.0 port until I found out there’s different versions and only 1 actually works for it.

        • lustrum@sh.itjust.works
          19·
          1 year ago

          It can. USB C can support DP ALT mode where the pins effectively become DP pins in a USB C connector. I’m guessing data transfer is done via USB2 this and display is in DP ALT. Typically we’ve not seen this as anyone willing to put in ALT modes would want a fast interface too for data transfer, also knowing apple there is something proprietary going on.

          The main point is it’s not limited to USB Speeds. The pins can take on other functions. Even the pro does 10gbps USB where as 4k60 HDR in DP would be 14-20gbps far in excess of it’s USB bandwidth.