{"id":24487,"date":"2022-12-19T18:08:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/19\/this-laptop-turns-your-android-or-ios-smartphone-into-a-mobile-workstation\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T18:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:08:03","slug":"this-laptop-turns-your-android-or-ios-smartphone-into-a-mobile-workstation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/19\/this-laptop-turns-your-android-or-ios-smartphone-into-a-mobile-workstation\/","title":{"rendered":"This laptop turns your Android or iOS smartphone into a mobile workstation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In brief:<\/strong> Japanese publication PC Watch recently profiled a device from HTL Corporation that turns your Android or iOS smartphone into a laptop. The HTL WitH Laptop Display (model SY-1238FT) looks like an ordinary laptop at first glance. It features a 13.3-inch IPS touchscreen (1,920 x 1,080 resolution) that can also be flipped back for tablet-like use. <\/p>\n

Inside is a 5,000mAh battery that can run the system for more than six hours as well as a host of ports for connecting phones or a game console. There’s even a microSD card reader for expanded storage.<\/p>\n

The chassis measures<\/a> 311mm x 210mm x 14.9mm and weighs 1.2kg, or around 2.65 pounds.<\/p>\n

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This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a hybrid laptop \/ smartphone concept. More than a decade ago, Motorola tried something similar with its Atrix 4G smartphone and Webtop concept but it never gained traction. Asus was thinking along the same lines with its Padfone<\/a>, a smartphone \/ tablet combo. Razer came up with something comparable \u2013 albeit a bit more advanced \u2013 in 2018 with Project Linda<\/a> but like most of Razer’s wild CES creations, it never made it past the concept stage.<\/p>\n

HTL’s offering differs from these earlier examples in that the companion smartphone doesn’t physically dock directly to the laptop but rather, connects via a cable. This addresses the proprietary hardware limitations and is more in line with Samsung DeX, but that still doesn’t mean it will be successful.<\/p>\n

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\u00a561,380 (around $450) for a machine that’s essentially a laptop shell is a tough sell, especially considering how far that budget can go when shopping for a full-fledged laptop. For example, Best Buy currently has a Lenovo Yoga<\/a> 13.3-inch 2-in-1 with a Ryzen 5 5500U processor, 8GB of memory and a 256GB solid state drive for $449.99. I dunno about you, but I’d rather have that than an empty shell that has to connect to my phone to be useful.<\/p>\n

If you’re dead set on the WitH device, Amazon Japan<\/a> currently has them in stock and appears willing to ship them worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n