[dinom]

How I miss my galaxy S3!

I'd hook it up to a proper display using an MHL cable then connect a Bluetooth keyboard. It was a sweet setup and the assorted tools (plus root shell) actually came in very handy. It could fill in for a laptop quite nicely.

These days it seems there's no legitimate alternative to MHL... can any phones directly connect to a display anymore via wire? Or is the only option screencasting to a smart TV?

FWIW, I generally like my appliances on the dumb (or open) side.

[MayeulC]

A lot of phones can be connected to an external display via USB-C. Better supported than MHL (how many incompatible standards was MHL? 4?).

Samsung has "Dex", their android desktop interface.

Linux phones can generally offer a full DE, either the pinephone or Librem, or compatible phones that have a video out where you can install something likke postmarketos.

Most phones also support miracast, and you can plug in a mouse/keyboard. I think the Charging in + keyboard + mouse + video out is clearer with USB-C.

Sent from my Galaxy S4 ;)

[e-clinton]

Much easier to just carry my MacBook everywhere as I already do.