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iPhone has good support for peripherals, hubs and external displays, but lacks a desktop mode.
by haltcatchfire 2y ago
iPhone has good support for peripherals, hubs and external displays, but lacks a desktop mode.
- Nursie 2y agoOh interesting, I suppose I have had it wirelessly project to the tv before... I might give it a go when I upgrade to a USB-C model.
- swiftcoder 2y agoWhich is quite frankly weird, given that the iPad has fairly robust mouse/keyboard support at this point, and at least some nods towards window management
- amelius 2y agoGreat, can I plug a USB drive in, and use it?
- rcarmo 2y agoYes, if it's USB-C. You won't like the experience though.
- easton 2y agoYes: https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/iphone/iph95baac91f/ios https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/iphone/iph95baac91f/io... Works fine. I don't know if you can format drives, but you can definitely read and write to external disks and network shares.
- rcarmo 2y agoActually, I use my iPhone with a USB-C/HDMI cable, the Remote Desktop client and a Bluetooth keyboard when traveling. Some apps will let you use an additional display just fine.
- Nursie 2y agoOK so I've now tried this with a new USB-C iphone. Yeah it's painful to use! You can set up a mouse, and use a physical keyboard for input, but it doesn't attempt to do any more than mirror the screen onto the external device by default. Huawei's desktop mode was limited, but I think you're right - you can say the iphone has good device compatibility, but there's not a good way to use it docked. Not that the android ones were 'good', but they made an attempt!