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can a smartphone really be your main computer motorola Apple and HP have all tried and failed but Samson thinks the time is right for another attempt is near a founder Authority bringing your Samsung Dex review remember the laptop what about Apple's AirPlay and how it was heralded as the future of smartphone computing then last year came HP's elite x3 desktop Samsung Dex attempts to fix the biggest issues of these by baking Dex more than just a smartphone mirroring experience Dex works by docking your Galaxy s8 into the deck station which then connects to you on at OVH TMI for You doc your Galaxy s8 for the first time however you need to connect to Samsung fast charger and connect your keyboard and mouse via bluetooth the top of the deck station slides down and acts like a fan to prevent overheating when you're using Dex good as it is however Dex isn't perfect as your smartphone displays disabled when docked which means you have to rely on the keyboard and mouse for all inputs in its current form Dex is a little raw as there's only a handful of optimized apps and Microsoft Office is the highlight of these of course you can open all of the apps that exist on your Android phone and access the entire Google Play catalogue and for the most part the apps Alworth is expected Dex adds the ability to resize windows and while some don't most apps do support it some apps have been optimized either directly for decks or natively in the Android app to offer responsive designs or desktop experiences but for most you'll be using the same app that you find on your phone the browsing experience is seemingly on par with Google Chrome with Samsung's own browser optimized a little better for Dex than Google's however there's a touchy latency when scrolling browser windows and this also persists when typing in microsoft word when moving away from your doctor phones Dex follows the same security preferences you set up on the phone so if you're using iris recognition with a finger put an alternative and pin backup like myself you'll be able to use any of the three options to unlock your phone using the fingerprint sensor can be awkward as you have to reach around the back of the phone while using iris recognition may mean you need to tilt the phone so it's in the right position so should you buy Dex honestly for most people it won't be worth it if you're someone who prefers a mobility overall performance then it could be good for you at a cost of one hundred and fifty dollars plus all peripherals it's definitely not cheap and considering the cost of the galaxy si most people will be better off buying a powerful laptop and mid-range smartphone for the same cost all that said Dex is a rather cool accessory and shows just how close we've come to perfecting the smartphone as a PC experience it's not perfect and it remains to be seen whether it will be widely adopted but it definitely has the potential to be useful to use Dex you'll need the galaxy si so check out our full Galaxy s8 review and let us know if you think the Dex experience is worth buying give us a thumbs up if you like this video don't forget to subscribe and head over to android authority calm for a lot more and galaxy si see you in the next one