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I have to say, when I have spoken to people in the past about the fact that the S8 can now provide a full desktop experience, they are often a little skeptical, and often many people think that there wont be enough storage on their devices to be a worthy laptop replacement, but then I tell them that I have 320GB of storage in my device (64GB internal + 256GB SD Card) and they're so shocked that it is funny ;)

Many cost effective laptops have a similar amount of storage and maybe less in some cases :)

Also many often think that there just won't be enough horsepower in a phone to compete with a laptop in daily tasks, but my personal laptop is slower at everything which I can do on DeX and I only purchased the laptop back in october.

Many also think that 4GB of RAM is not enough, but they forget that Android is much more lightweight than Windows is today, so it can handle the same amount of work with less than half the amount of RAM.

And temperature is one thing that comes up alot (for mixed reasons, one being the Note 7 pun...) but the S8 stays pretty cool for me when I am using it for daily computing and even some light gaming.

And one of the big problems that many have is that they assume that phone apps don't scale up well, but so far, most of my apps have scaled quite well, and when switching to (DeX) developer mode, windowed mode is then enhanced even more so.

It might not be a Steam gaming alternative, but it certainly can handle most common tasks with ease! :)

Do I regret buying into DeX?

Definately not!

Do I still use a Windows machine?

Only when developing apps like DeX Hub/DeX Pad or creating images in Paint.net.

Or due to the lack of a 'LapDock' accessory when I'm at a location where I am not allowed to use the DeX station.

Would I reccommend DeX to others?

Definately, for most common daily tasks, and as the S8 is also your phone, it makes so much more accessible to you when in both phone or DeX mode (i.e. reading/sending text messages in DeX mode!).

Price?

Well, it is probably too expensive for some people, but many of those who buy iPhones would definately be better off with the S8 &DeX.

Based on UK prices an iPhone 7 with 256GB of built in storage (as it doesn't support expandable storage), is about £799.

An S8 with 64GB internal storage and with the support for SD cards enabling up to 320GB, costs somewhere in the region of £689 (unlocked).

Already just for the phone experience there is a saving of £110.

Then consider the cost of a cheap dektop or a DeX station.

A new low cost desktop is going to cost around £300 (And yet its likely slower than the S8).

A new DeX station, I can now buy for £87.29, but lets be fair and say that it costs £130.

The iPhone & low performance desktop total up at around £1099.

The S8 & DeX total up around £819.

And yet the S8's performance in both desktop and phone mode is likely to be better than the iPhone/desktop experiences.

With a saving of £280, effectively, the cost of a DeX station is worth paying.

So there is definately a good reason to reccomend/consider buying into the DeX experience.

The only thing that still holds back DeX at the moment is that we don't have a LapDock accessory to use a larger screen anywhere.

The gaming performance is fine for PS2 & maybe even PS3 era games, but if gaming is important to you, you can expect to see performance increases in future DeX like devices within a few years, as long as people show that there is a demand for an experience like DeX/Android desktop on the go! :)

There are signs that suggest that it is not only Samsung bringing us 'Android desktop on the go' either. Check out Remix OS Singularity, or Maru OS.

This is certainly the future of computing, and anyone who disagrees is going to be very surprised in the not too distant future.

Sure previous projects like Microsoft continuum, Motorola and Cononicals Ubuntu phones failed, but why was that?

It was clearly because they seemed to forget that in order for that to work they need to provide a satisfactory mobile experience firstly, then the desktop needs to be able to handle multiple tasks simulataneosly. The Samsung DeX is the first time that we have seen a great mobile experience, with a good desktop experience added to that.

If any manufacturer wants to succeed, then they should just take note:

Mobile first - make a device that people want to use as a phone.

Desktop second - add a desktop experience, but don't sacrifice the phone experience in doing so.

Windows phone - mobile experience = terrible, desktop experience = barely ok...

Ubuntu phone - mobile experience = terrible, desktop experience = barely ok...

Motorola - mobile experience = barely ok, desktop experience = terrible...

Samsung DeX/S8 - mobile experience = great, desktop experience = good.

So many journalists are quick to judge DeX and then stop using it, but if they were to spend a little more time using it and check out the (DeX) Developer mode to unlock the devices true potential and even try the enhanced input feature of DeX Hub, I think that there would be many less critics out there and many more in favour of this technology.

As I always like to say, Touch the Technologies of the future! :p