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Phones should have 2 USB C ports (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One should be at the bottom one at the top. I understand space on the phone is a premium but a second port would make the phone so much more usable. Wired headphones, flash drives, camera modules, speaker modules, keyboards, even connection to a TV, all could be used while charging. It's a shame it's not a thing, USB is extremely versatile port, but you only get one and it's used for charging half of the time. (I am aware dongles exist)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For what current flagship phones cost they should absolutely be capable of general purpose computing.

Maybe come with a usb-c dock and screen as well for convergence.

[–] SillyBanana -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, it depends what you imagine "general purpose computing" is. Android OS is primarily targeted at phones, with specific set of requirements, so I don't think it can ever match desktop OSes, without major sacrifices from the both worlds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The main reason why Android cannot work as a general computing OS are the many barriers and restrictions it has compared to traditional desktop operating systems.
Linux for example, which Android is based on, works fine* on the desktop but also on tablets or phones.

*as in most modern apps scale properly and are usable on the desktop, tablet or phone. Support for the hardware, especially on phones and tablets, varies greatly.