[andai]

Didn't Ubuntu make a phone ten years ago that did that? But they gave up on it. I also thought Samsung phones could do that, too.

[delusional]

Samsung phones can indeed do that. It's called DeX (https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/) and nobody cares.

[m4rtink]

I use DeX quite a bit - it's super handy for viewing photos/videos captured on the device (Galaxy Note 9) on a big screen with desktop like controls.

Also I have the Wacom One LCD drawing tablet that I often connect to my Galaxy Tab S6 and draw on in in DeX mode with ClipStudio. It effectively turns this setup to a nice portable drawing studio, with the added flexibility of being able to work on your projects also on the go with just the Tab S6.

[opan]

The PinePhone and Librem 5 can both be docked and used like computers.

[RedComet]

Yes, I'm hopeful for the day they work well as phones, too.

[mbirth]

MaruOS was a project that tried this for a bunch of phones.

https://maruos.com