[bryanlarsen]

They mentioned HDMI (presumably MHL) in the article, which surprised me, since I expected it to be USB type C that they're waiting for. That would allow the monitor to act as a docking station. 11-pin MHL would also allow this, but it's uncommon and not on any current generation phones, AFAICT.

[Guvante]

It depends how you want the hardware to work. If you want people to bring their own monitors then you need to support HDMI.

I would expect a docking station that charged the phone and had a built in USB port. Said docking station could hook up via USB-C and use a displayport mode to send the data across of course.

In either case though saying HDMI is for the best as it sends the signal of "works with your hardware" versus "works with hardware we will be releasing".

[bryanlarsen]

I expect that USB type C support on monitors will become ubiquitous in the next couple of years.

[sp332]

There are some phones, but support seems spotty. http://meetmhl.com/devices.aspx?tid=1