WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:04.420 - When is a laptop not a laptop? When it's a lapdock. 00:00:04.420 --> 00:00:07.860 This is the NextDock Touch, 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:12.340 NextDock Two Touch. I forget if it's something like that. 00:00:12.340 --> 00:00:16.190 We've reviewed the NextDock Two on Linus Tech Tips, 00:00:16.190 --> 00:00:22.020 last year? I forget exactly when it was. Editor, will tell you now. 00:00:22.020 --> 00:00:27.790 And when we did that video, I was like, I like doing these kinds of products where it's like 00:00:27.790 --> 00:00:33.260 it doesn't really make a ton of sense for the average person, but it's something that makes you think. 00:00:33.260 --> 00:00:38.100 It's something that makes you imagine a future where we're all flying in cars and it's a utopia 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:42.090 and there's people trying to hunt down Androids and retire them by force 00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:45.420 because they're getting becoming sentient. You know, that kind of thing. 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:50.030 So the NextDock Two was really cool but the one thing that we really wanted it to have, 00:00:50.030 --> 00:00:55.520 that it didn't have yet is a touch screen. So this one apparently has a touch screen and it's added, 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:01.520 it's kind of refined the design a little bit more. So, as usual, there's no knife to open these things. 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:05.150 So I'm using James's screwdriver. Ooh, I almost stabbed myself. 00:01:05.150 --> 00:01:09.150 I didn't even say what this thing is. It's a lapdock, which means that there's no 00:01:09.150 --> 00:01:12.190 laptop brains inside, there's no computer in it. 00:01:12.190 --> 00:01:15.310 It's just a shell, to which you are supposed to connect 00:01:15.310 --> 00:01:19.210 like a phone or a Raspberry PI. You'll see, if that doesn't make sense. 00:01:19.210 --> 00:01:22.520 I'll show you, don't worry. It's really cool, okay. 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.410 Ooh. Oh, okay. 00:01:28.410 --> 00:01:32.620 So that was a somewhat unglamorous way of dumping all this stuff out, but 00:01:32.620 --> 00:01:35.873 This is like a micro USB to USB-C. 00:01:36.950 --> 00:01:41.310 It looks like an HDMI to micro HDMI adapter, cool. 00:01:41.310 --> 00:01:44.773 These are all power adapters for various regions, I believe. 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:49.230 Okay, so there are still cords. 00:01:49.230 --> 00:01:52.143 Here's a USB-C to C, which we need to connect the phone. 00:01:53.006 --> 00:01:58.006 HDMI, USB-C to micro USB and USB type A. 00:01:58.590 --> 00:02:01.770 So that is for a Raspberry Pi, 00:02:01.770 --> 00:02:06.310 or a similar kind of micro PC device. 00:02:06.310 --> 00:02:11.930 I like this packaging, hey? You got the saw you got the closed cell foam. 00:02:11.930 --> 00:02:15.460 Not only that, but they also, have 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:19.970 What do you call this air pocket? What would I what would you call this? 00:02:19.970 --> 00:02:23.920 Inflatable pool toy packaging, 00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:27.203 a life preserver, a lapdock preserver. 00:02:28.160 --> 00:02:32.110 Quick start guide. Okay, let go, let's just look through this real quick. 00:02:32.110 --> 00:02:36.930 Just do some light reading, just so I know. You don't wanna see my knees, Andy? 00:02:36.930 --> 00:02:37.980 Look, it's beautiful. 00:02:40.578 --> 00:02:46.220 Help! So right away, I noticed that they may be listened to us. 00:02:46.220 --> 00:02:50.050 One of the things we said about the other NextDock, the pre touch NextDock, 00:02:50.050 --> 00:02:53.360 was the fact that the finish on it felt kinda rough. 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:57.610 Like, they did this kind of like, blasted aluminum look 00:02:57.610 --> 00:03:01.690 that you know, it looks like a MacBook type of thing or a ZenBook or whatever you wanna do. 00:03:01.690 --> 00:03:07.460 But if it felt a little rougher than you'd expect and this feels already a bit smoother, so that's nice. 00:03:07.460 --> 00:03:12.080 Nice job, NextDock. And, let's look at the ports. 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:15.827 So can you see that, Andy? We've got the same ports, it looks like. 00:03:15.827 --> 00:03:18.840 One HDMI, which is how you would 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:24.230 connect to something other than a smartphone to put a video onto the display. 00:03:24.230 --> 00:03:28.870 And actually you can connect anything with an HDMI output. You can kind of connect game consoles, 00:03:28.870 --> 00:03:32.850 other things with HDMI upwards, I guess, a computer, I guess a regular PC. 00:03:32.850 --> 00:03:37.220 And then you have three USB-C ports, which are all meant for different things. 00:03:37.220 --> 00:03:42.310 So, this one is for charging. This one is for, 00:03:42.310 --> 00:03:46.490 I believe for the Raspberry Pi. And I think this is a multi-use one. 00:03:46.490 --> 00:03:50.770 You can use it for Raspberry Pis and for like data. And then this one is to connect your smartphone. 00:03:50.770 --> 00:03:55.860 On the other side, we have a USB three type A port, a headphone jack, and a micro, 00:03:55.860 --> 00:03:59.220 yeah, micro SD card slot, nice. Very nice. 00:03:59.220 --> 00:04:02.560 They really took some measures to protect this thing. 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:06.210 Like it had that extra layer of like, bump protection and now they had, 00:04:06.210 --> 00:04:10.120 they had a keyboard protector and a plastic 00:04:11.270 --> 00:04:15.320 screen protector. That glossy screen looks nice. 00:04:15.320 --> 00:04:20.450 It looks nicer than I remember on the other one. Okay, the feel is pretty similar to the original NextDock. 00:04:20.450 --> 00:04:23.700 One thing that I said about it was that I thought the keys were a bit large 00:04:23.700 --> 00:04:27.490 and I think that appears to be the case here as well. 00:04:27.490 --> 00:04:32.200 I don't know how that. Aren't I aren't like laptop keys kind of a standard size? 00:04:32.200 --> 00:04:35.940 But it's not anything horrible, like obviously if you know how to type on a keyboard, 00:04:35.940 --> 00:04:39.540 you can still type, It's just like, Oh, I don't need that, 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:43.700 I don't need that much space. What are you trying to say about my fat fingers, NextDock? 00:04:43.700 --> 00:04:47.530 Wow, is this track pad even bigger than the last one? I feel like it is. 00:04:47.530 --> 00:04:50.930 And also again, the finish on it is a lot nicer, 00:04:50.930 --> 00:04:54.210 so nice to see that, NextDock. Nice, job. 00:04:54.210 --> 00:04:57.730 One other thing I wanna say about the physical design before we get into it, 00:04:57.730 --> 00:05:01.390 is this little notch here. This wasn't here the last time. 00:05:01.390 --> 00:05:06.490 Can you see that, Andy? This thing? They added a little nipple nubbin. 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:10.210 It doesn't have a webcam. This is like a little vent. I can see that there's a vent there. 00:05:10.210 --> 00:05:16.090 I don't know whether that's input or output, probably output. But I guess maybe this also serves a function of 00:05:16.090 --> 00:05:19.313 allowing a little more air pass through there. I don't know. 00:05:19.313 --> 00:05:23.500 Okay, so it's time to turn this thing on. But before we do that, 00:05:23.500 --> 00:05:28.590 it's time to talk about our sponsor, guys. Micro Center, get the best prices 00:05:28.590 --> 00:05:31.980 and best selection at Micro Center, at any of their 25 locations 00:05:31.980 --> 00:05:36.010 across the United States or online. Join the new Micro Center community 00:05:36.010 --> 00:05:39.480 to give and receive advice on PC parts selection and hardware. 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:43.810 Also check out their custom PC builder configurator. 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Editor, pull up a shot of the 00:06:25.710 --> 00:06:29.360 NextDock Two non-touch edition bezels. 'Cause they were a lot thicker. 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:32.410 That was one of the main things that we had a problem with on the first model, 00:06:32.410 --> 00:06:37.040 in addition to the texture stuff. Now, granted, they can make them that thin 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:40.120 because there is no camera. So that's one of the things that you're losing. 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:43.270 Although, you have a phone. So if you really need a webcam, 00:06:43.270 --> 00:06:46.630 and it's plugged in like this, boom, you got a, 00:06:46.630 --> 00:06:49.920 get over yourself. And right away, you know what? Before I do anything crazy, 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:53.610 I wanna hook up this magnetic mount as well. What am I looking at? 00:06:53.610 --> 00:06:56.770 Okay, so we're putting it on. Here we go. 00:06:56.770 --> 00:07:00.713 That seems about right. And now, we put the phone on. 00:07:02.710 --> 00:07:09.283 I should've put it higher up 'cause I'm seeing, there's a bit of a, there's a bit of a bending, bendy cord problem. 00:07:10.770 --> 00:07:15.450 Ooh, that is a, that's a very unfortunate sort of a situation here, 00:07:15.450 --> 00:07:18.930 where it's like, okay cool, look at your, your phone mounted there. 00:07:18.930 --> 00:07:22.140 And then you can't really have it at a certain angle 00:07:22.140 --> 00:07:25.470 before it starts falling back. 00:07:25.470 --> 00:07:30.510 Or you could just keep it there. I'll just keep it there forever. Can I have another internet window? 00:07:30.510 --> 00:07:34.540 Aha, I can! So you can have two browser Windows open side by side. 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:38.900 This is another big thing I wanted to talk about. The touch pad. On the original NextDock Two, 00:07:38.900 --> 00:07:42.210 the touch pad had this weird like acceleration problem. 00:07:42.210 --> 00:07:47.360 Like you would swipe over and the mouse would just kinda keep going. 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:50.890 And they appear to have fixed that. This is a lot more snappy. 00:07:50.890 --> 00:07:55.750 It doesn't feel like I'm like out of control. I definitely felt like I could not do things with precision. 00:07:55.750 --> 00:07:59.170 Nice job, NextDock, thank you. Okay, cool. 00:07:59.170 --> 00:08:04.180 The last thing I wanted to do is to take a look at the bottom, because, I opened up the last one 00:08:04.180 --> 00:08:08.220 and I want to see whether there's any major changes. So, let's do it. 00:08:08.220 --> 00:08:10.643 Let go of your, (laughs) 00:08:11.820 --> 00:08:17.360 Oh, this is different. This is two-cell battery. It says 60.8 watt hours, 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:20.370 which is a lot, well, the last one had 52. 00:08:20.370 --> 00:08:24.160 I think originally, the NextDock Two was gonna ship with like 40 something, 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:28.743 and then they upped it to 52 watt hours. And now this one has a 60.8 watt hour. 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:35.590 Great job. Oh, you're here. I just wanted to show you that I took this off. 00:08:35.590 --> 00:08:38.600 Are you proud of me? - [Alex] Ughhh 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:42.200 - For the first time, I've never touched this laptop and I took it off, are you proud of me? 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:46.590 - [Alex] What the hell is this laptop? - Are you proud of me? - [Alex] I'm proud of you, Riley. 00:08:46.590 --> 00:08:50.440 - Good, God! It's a lapdock, it's not a laptop. 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:53.590 Have you ever heard of that? - [Alex] Yeah, so it's like a stamp bottom. 00:08:53.590 --> 00:08:57.810 They didn't CNC it. - You're getting, wait, what? 00:08:57.810 --> 00:09:00.930 - [Alex] Why? - What why? - [Alex] Why so much expensive? 00:09:00.930 --> 00:09:04.280 - Why? Wait, what do you mean? You don't even know how expensive it is. 00:09:04.280 --> 00:09:08.210 Yeah, it's 269 for this thing. - [Ales] I bet. - Yeah, I mean like you could get a Chromebook 00:09:08.210 --> 00:09:12.600 or you could just like get one of these and you could plug your phone in or a Raspberry Pi or a 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:16.560 whatever you want. (banging on machine) 00:09:16.560 --> 00:09:18.213 Ah, that's not right. 00:09:20.570 --> 00:09:25.420 That's the way, that, that's, the build quality overall, 00:09:25.420 --> 00:09:28.580 has improved in this version. 00:09:28.580 --> 00:09:32.940 But, there is still that kinda feel of like, "Hey, we're like a startup, 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:37.440 you know, we're trying to prototype quickly and get some of these things out to people who are, 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:40.540 who are really trying to tinker around with new ways of computing." 00:09:40.540 --> 00:09:46.070 And that's cool, I think that's cool. But know that, you know, it's 269. 00:09:46.070 --> 00:09:49.590 For a relatively high-end build 00:09:49.590 --> 00:09:53.540 you know, there are some things like when you take the panel off the edge is a little bit sharp 00:09:53.540 --> 00:09:58.230 and there's a little bit of flex to the panel. But I mean, I don't know. I think these kinda tinkerers who like, 00:09:58.230 --> 00:10:03.580 go for this kinda thing, are they really complaining, I dunno. 00:10:03.580 --> 00:10:07.343 - [Linus] But it manages to do so with a claimed, zero addition of-- 00:10:07.343 --> 00:10:11.340 - That's plenty loud. What's that? - [Linus] And, the exact same TDB as before. - What? 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:15.151 - [Linus] On top of that, aim (pop music) 00:10:20.350 --> 00:10:23.990 - Okay, so they're, you know, they're not super great laptop speakers or whatever, 00:10:23.990 --> 00:10:27.750 but they'll do, I mean, like I've heard a lot of laptops speakers that are worse. 00:10:27.750 --> 00:10:31.900 Okay, well I'm impressed. I mean, it seems like NextDock has improved 00:10:31.900 --> 00:10:34.970 on most of the things that we had an issue with last time. 00:10:34.970 --> 00:10:39.830 The texture is a lot smoother. The track pad responsiveness is a lot better. 00:10:39.830 --> 00:10:43.693 The bezels, the big fat bezels are gone. There's touch support, 00:10:44.920 --> 00:10:48.930 bigger battery. I, I'm impressed. 00:10:48.930 --> 00:10:54.210 Nice job, NextDock. I, you know, this gives me more faith that 00:10:54.210 --> 00:10:59.910 this kind of future where we all have just our phones as our main computing devices 00:10:59.910 --> 00:11:03.070 is maybe a bit more realistic than it seems. 00:11:03.070 --> 00:11:07.080 Even if, even if Samsung 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:12.170 might be the only phone manufacturer, really putting a desktop mode in their phones. 00:11:12.170 --> 00:11:16.900 And NextDock, you appear to basically be 00:11:16.900 --> 00:11:20.270 the only manufacturer doing these. I've seen a few other ones, 00:11:20.270 --> 00:11:25.290 and like there's been some on Kickstarter and stuff, but like, they haven't really gone to fruition. 00:11:25.290 --> 00:11:29.830 So even if you guys are the only people who seem to be really pushing this future, 00:11:29.830 --> 00:11:35.593 I think it's a future worth pushing. And keep pushing, pusher. 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:40.823 All the way to the bank. Probably not, but maybe. 00:11:42.150 --> 00:11:45.740 269 bucks, not bad. And you know what else wouldn't be bad? 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:49.120 If you checked out more of ShortCircuit's videos. 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:52.970 'Cause we're making these how many are we making, three or four a week? 00:11:52.970 --> 00:11:58.410 I don't wanna promise that. Tweet Jono, if we're short on videos. 00:11:58.410 --> 00:12:02.880 You can get real mad at him. 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