WEBVTT 00:00:00.060 --> 00:00:07.200 wow it's been a while since the whole uh using your phone as a laptop discourse 00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:12.240 for a while there it was real hot were you into it I certainly was but now 00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:17.940 it seems like not as many people care about it except next doc them and a few 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:24.000 other companies are still trying to make lap docks which are basically laptops 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:28.080 but without a computer inside it does 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:30.119 have a keyboard mouse or trackpad and a 00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:35.540 display that can be used basically as an external monitor for anything with a 00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:39.120 video output which means that the 00:00:35.540 --> 00:00:40.800 opportunities are Limitless 00:00:39.120 --> 00:00:46.200 why are you laughing it is a product category that some people do laugh at 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:48.539 because they say oh why would you buy a 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:52.559 laptop with no computer inside when you can buy a laptop for like maybe a bit 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:55.920 more expensive with a computer good side or for the 00:00:54.660 --> 00:01:00.180 same price huh you know I said this in the previous 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:06.659 videos but it's because this future where you don't 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.320 have to Lug a phone and a laptop and your other devices a power bank blah 00:01:08.580 --> 00:01:14.700 blah blah I like this product category and I'm excited to take a look at this 00:01:12.119 --> 00:01:18.500 new uh new product but first let's see what else is in this box got a box 00:01:16.860 --> 00:01:25.799 within a box all right we have a HDMI to Mini HDMI 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:33.659 cable we have the power adapter which is a 20 watt PD charger we have a USBC 2C 00:01:30.900 --> 00:01:38.100 right angle cable and that will be for if you don't want to use the wireless 00:01:35.220 --> 00:01:44.100 mode you can connect via a cable and then there is also oh it does kind of a 00:01:40.740 --> 00:01:47.100 nice include they have a USB-C to USB a 00:01:44.100 --> 00:01:49.680 cable okay the device itself very 00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:53.280 exciting there's the next stock logo I don't know why that's their logo I guess 00:01:51.540 --> 00:02:00.180 it's because that's a device that you can plug into a Pac-Man and it Pac-Man 00:01:57.299 --> 00:02:03.299 turns into the ghost in the video game game 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:08.759 the last next stock that I looked at was the next stock touch which is basically 00:02:05.520 --> 00:02:10.800 it was not a fully reversible 360 hinge 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:14.700 neck stock and it could only go back to there so it's nice to see this is my 00:02:12.900 --> 00:02:18.900 first experience with the Touch model that they actually have been uh selling 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:23.400 for a while now but in a non-wireless version so this is the USBC Port that 00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:27.480 you use for input when they got a helpful little icon there so that's nice 00:02:25.140 --> 00:02:32.400 specifically for input don't plug anything else don't over here is the 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:37.260 mini HDMI port which you can use to you know plug in things that don't have USBC 00:02:34.260 --> 00:02:40.379 with DisplayPort baked in over here we 00:02:37.260 --> 00:02:42.780 have the charging USBC Port that won't 00:02:40.379 --> 00:02:48.660 carry data we got a headphone jack we got a Micro SD card slot that's a nice 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:53.280 workaround for phones that don't have built-in expandable storage we've got 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:58.800 the power button and a USBC Port over here which is for data 00:02:56.580 --> 00:03:05.220 so that's means that you can also expand your phone or whatever device you're 00:03:00.420 --> 00:03:07.319 using even more it's a USBC Hub too guys 00:03:05.220 --> 00:03:17.940 please like this product the display here is a 13 inch 1080p 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:21.239 thank you it's IPS so colors should look 00:03:17.940 --> 00:03:23.519 okay down here we got what looks like 00:03:21.239 --> 00:03:29.819 four speakers one two three four and down here the 00:03:26.819 --> 00:03:31.260 track pad that is one area that I really 00:03:29.819 --> 00:03:37.500 hope that they've improved on the trackpad in previous models was pretty 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:39.959 lackluster and it had some glitching uh 00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:46.080 effects that were made things pretty frustrating so hopefully they've 00:03:40.980 --> 00:03:46.080 improved that and the keyboard hmm 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.659 another thing that was lacking in the previous models was Flex in the well not 00:03:50.459 --> 00:03:54.959 lacking there was too much of it there was too much Flex in the previous models 00:03:53.519 --> 00:03:59.459 when you push down you can kind of see the whole thing kind of press in but 00:03:57.420 --> 00:04:06.000 that seems to be very much reduced here it still does a little bit but uh 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:07.319 a lot better than it was before now when 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.200 you press the power button I guess it comes into this ready to connect mode it 00:04:09.060 --> 00:04:15.599 gives you little instructions that's nice okay the two main ways that you can 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:19.139 connect to it USBC cable and wireless to connect wireless and use all the the 00:04:17.699 --> 00:04:24.720 keyboard and the trackpad you're gonna have to use Miracast to cast wirelessly 00:04:22.979 --> 00:04:30.660 your display and then you're gonna have to connect the keyboard and trackpad I 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:36.720 guess together and the touch screen as Bluetooth devices swipe down here with 00:04:33.419 --> 00:04:40.040 two fingers to show settings hello 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:40.040 I'm going to say so down here 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:47.880 oh all that did was bring up our 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hieroglyphics so you can change between USBC and HDMI inputs and right now it's 00:05:28.440 --> 00:05:33.960 set to cast and then I don't know what these are oh 00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:40.020 charging oh can you like disable the charging port maybe we'll have to see 00:05:36.419 --> 00:05:42.120 all right let's try casting so we're 00:05:40.020 --> 00:05:47.699 using a Samsung phone if you don't know Samsung has a whole Desktop Android 00:05:44.460 --> 00:05:49.620 feature called Dex that you know turns 00:05:47.699 --> 00:05:54.380 Android into like a desktop environment like Windows start now 00:05:52.320 --> 00:06:00.840 and nice okay boom oh oh I but there's no 00:05:59.039 --> 00:06:04.740 touch screen and I there's no touch pad so I have to go here and connect the 00:06:02.460 --> 00:06:09.000 actual Bluetooth device as well okay so now I'm connected to the keyboard and 00:06:07.020 --> 00:06:13.699 the touch screen and I'm casting will this work it will cool you know 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:17.940 honestly I don't want to say that I wasn't 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:22.740 expecting it to be that smooth but I wasn't okay in full disclosure all right 00:06:20.039 --> 00:06:28.199 let's let's start using this thing ooh yep there's some latency it's not 00:06:26.039 --> 00:06:34.319 unusable this video is not going to be about you know Samsung Dex or you know 00:06:32.220 --> 00:06:37.500 that desktop environment like whether how usable it is although I have heard 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:40.979 that it's made some major improvements recently like you got window snapping 00:06:39.180 --> 00:06:45.300 you know it's getting better and better but uh this video is not about that it's 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:49.860 just gonna be I'm gonna try to make it just about the the hardware itself even 00:06:47.580 --> 00:06:52.740 though I am very I want to talk a long time about all of it I should have done 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:57.660 this a bit earlier you know the fact that it's a bit stiff while opening means that it can be stiff at multiple 00:06:56.280 --> 00:07:01.919 different angles which is pretty nice because you know as I said you don't 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:08.039 have to use this as like an actual laptop replacement or you know a a phone 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:12.240 dock thing you can use it just as a monitor so like you could bring a 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:15.479 console around and like prop this up and now you're playing video games on your 00:07:13.440 --> 00:07:20.520 little thing and that's cool too the other thing I did not mention is that I 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:24.240 think these bezels are I think it's a little thicker on the top and the bottom 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:31.440 than I remember seeing on the previous next talk Dutch Dutch next doc touch 00:07:28.979 --> 00:07:35.039 back in 2020 so I don't know whether they I mean it's kind of disappointing 00:07:33.539 --> 00:07:39.180 to see a big bezel like that on the bottom here but you know again what do 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:45.180 you be asking for all right now we're back to using the touchpad the biggest 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:46.800 weakness and in Wireless mode you know 00:07:45.180 --> 00:07:50.340 as you would expect there's a little bit of latency it's hard for me to tell 00:07:48.780 --> 00:07:54.419 right now whether I'd be able to get used to this but you know I can try 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:59.160 clicking around in things and see what happens see okay 00:07:56.580 --> 00:08:03.960 does it have does it have tap to click it does if you like the idea of using 00:08:02.280 --> 00:08:07.979 your phone as a computer this is definitely an option based on the stuff 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:11.940 that I've seen so far I mean they have the I think they have window snapping 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:17.699 here if I yeah drink bring it over there and there's no running apps can I start 00:08:13.979 --> 00:08:20.419 another one right away let's open 00:08:17.699 --> 00:08:26.160 Firefox oh okay oh see here oh did you see that you guys 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:31.680 didn't because you can't see but I went to I was trying to click that X 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:33.839 and there was like a ghost I guess I did 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:37.440 a ghost touch on the touchpad and it jumped all the way down to the bottom 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:41.399 I'm coming into this as somebody who actually is kind of interested in the 00:08:38.880 --> 00:08:45.660 idea of using like a phone as a PC and the touchpad remains in every model that 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:49.440 I've tested it Remains the thing that turns me off the most I'm like this 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:53.580 isn't ready not because of the software or other elements of the hardware it's 00:08:51.300 --> 00:08:57.000 literally just the touchpad it might be kind of basically the same model of 00:08:55.260 --> 00:09:00.600 touchpad as it was in the previous ones which is a it's definitely disappointing 00:08:58.740 --> 00:09:05.640 and the thing about having Hardware problems with a product like this is 00:09:03.420 --> 00:09:10.200 that you know oh whoops I turned it off what are you doing next dog 00:09:07.800 --> 00:09:15.240 so I accidentally hit the power button and then that means it breaks the whole 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:19.680 connection I don't know whether that's the thing so the point I was just going 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:23.820 to make is that if there's an issue with the hardware they can't fix it with like 00:09:21.839 --> 00:09:30.060 a firmware update or a software update because there's no there's no there's 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:33.899 nothing in here except the keyboard and the touchpad and the and the Monitor and 00:09:32.339 --> 00:09:37.920 there's no there's no processor anything there's nothing to push an update to on 00:09:35.880 --> 00:09:40.620 the one hand that's an advantage because you know according to nextdoc it's like 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:45.420 you don't have to worry about driver updates you have to worry about glitchy 00:09:42.959 --> 00:09:51.360 stuff and uh you know trying to fix it but the the con is the same thing it's 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:57.839 like there's no driver updates so ways rant over oh okay all right well 00:09:55.440 --> 00:10:01.320 well that's a plus at least you know I I started decks up again and it 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:07.200 automatically was right it was still connected via Bluetooth so that's that's 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:10.920 something but still so touchpad 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:12.899 experience usable but on the border so 00:10:10.920 --> 00:10:18.300 what happens if I put okay that brings up the apps kind of like Chrome OS 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:24.420 Firefox okay oh see right there I'm trying to click on stuff I might have to 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:26.580 rescind my rating as of this trackpad as 00:10:24.420 --> 00:10:30.600 usable so we tried to enable a refresh rate in the developer options 00:10:27.660 --> 00:10:34.320 understandably uh the phone you know isn't quite ready to I guess Android 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:37.860 maybe correct me if I'm wrong in the comments Android isn't ready to show you 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:41.940 the refresh rate of an external display or maybe it can but I'm not an Android 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:45.720 developer I don't know how it says 60 over here but it won't tell me what this 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:51.000 is based on the information we can see online this is a 30 Hertz display which 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:58.560 is definitely you know it's okay it's not so great in a world 00:10:55.320 --> 00:11:01.920 in which we're used to seeing UH 60 FPS 00:10:58.560 --> 00:11:05.820 laptop displays at least 30 Hertz 1080p 00:11:01.920 --> 00:11:07.860 display is a little lackluster but you 00:11:05.820 --> 00:11:13.519 know what are you gonna do okay all right that Saga is done 00:11:16.860 --> 00:11:24.060 okay full screen but then you actually have to full screen the 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:26.459 because in decks what 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:31.800 wow because in decks you have your like each 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:35.940 one each of your Windows is like it's acting as if it's an Android device with 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:40.079 the screen that size so I full screened it within the window but now I have to 00:11:37.560 --> 00:11:43.579 full screen the actual window itself that's a little annoying 00:11:45.300 --> 00:11:52.200 you know honestly so great 00:11:49.260 --> 00:11:55.320 honestly they're not great but they're actually better than I thought they 00:11:53.459 --> 00:11:58.980 would be I think they are improved over the previous next doc uh model you know 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:01.820 it's not the worst speakers I've ever heard in a laptop 00:12:02.160 --> 00:12:07.920 they're not good speakers it's a good thing there's a touch screen because I'm 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:13.260 getting frustrated with the touchpad and using the touchscreen more often than I 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:18.839 would like for sure okay we're at uh 4K quality on a 1080p display here I mean 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:24.420 I like the colors the colors look you know pretty vivid see now the other thing is 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:28.740 that we're going Wireless here this is on a Wi-Fi connection and so like I saw 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:31.440 a little bit of stuttering there just like a tiny bit but it seems to have 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:36.480 recovered so you know there is that potential when you're when you're streaming wireless 00:12:34.380 --> 00:12:40.320 video that you're gonna get some artifacts like that but overall I'm 00:12:38.760 --> 00:12:43.160 pretty impressed like this looks great I forgot that it was Wireless 00:12:43.380 --> 00:12:51.839 that's enough crabs there's a 44 watt hour battery in the nextdoc wireless 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:54.600 which is actually less than the one that 00:12:51.839 --> 00:12:58.380 was in the next doc touch although I can kind of understand that because this 00:12:55.980 --> 00:13:01.260 thing is as far as I can tell quite a bit thinner than the other one was it's 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:08.579 not too heavy either which is understandable you know for the reasons that I've said uh no computer etc etc 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:12.959 now since the last video I did on the next doc there's actually been a fairly 00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:21.300 interesting development the rise of these gaming handhelds based on 00:13:16.680 --> 00:13:24.420 both Windows and Linux Steam OS powerful 00:13:21.300 --> 00:13:26.880 handheld computers that you can use as 00:13:24.420 --> 00:13:32.000 computers in addition to like you know gaming handhelds I won this Aya Neo at 00:13:29.940 --> 00:13:35.940 the Christmas party so I've got this Windows handheld it's still running 00:13:34.380 --> 00:13:39.540 Windows 10. I'll probably have to connect via Bluetooth to the keyboard 00:13:38.040 --> 00:13:43.800 the same way probably connecting to your device come on or 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:49.980 unless that just maybe just timed out connected duplicate oh whoa whoa we got 00:13:47.880 --> 00:13:55.139 some artifacting here all right some protocol is confused 00:13:51.720 --> 00:14:00.060 it's not breaking I think 00:13:55.139 --> 00:14:02.220 nice okay so hear me out here you don't 00:14:00.060 --> 00:14:05.760 want to get a laptop but you do want to get one of these handheld devices that 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:09.240 are so so so popular and all of these gaming devices they're small they're 00:14:07.680 --> 00:14:14.820 portable they have really powerful processors in them if you have a steam 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:16.980 deck which has a desktop mode right 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:21.839 I haven't used it but I've heard that it exists or you have one of these Windows 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:25.980 powered gaming handhelds look at that you got did you 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:33.180 now you have you have both but I hear some of you saying Riley this thing is 00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:35.700 well the wireless version is 349 and the 00:14:33.180 --> 00:14:39.839 non-wireless version is 299 you can get Chromebooks for that price and 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:43.380 Chromebooks are a much better value for your money are they though because if 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:48.000 you've been paying attention you might have noticed recent news the fact that 00:14:45.540 --> 00:14:53.160 Chromebooks in education markets have just kind of broke after a few years 00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:55.019 because they break all the time uh 00:14:53.160 --> 00:14:59.519 because they're cheap is the hardware in this thing that much better 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:03.540 if you've been watching this video you might be able to tell that okay no it's 00:15:01.380 --> 00:15:07.139 not that much better still want to hold 00:15:04.800 --> 00:15:11.339 a hold future okay listen this product doesn't make sense for a lot of people 00:15:08.699 --> 00:15:15.600 most people shouldn't buy this but I think that the improvements that 00:15:13.680 --> 00:15:20.760 I've seen have been just enough to keep my faith in the 00:15:18.300 --> 00:15:26.940 i in the idea that one day we could potentially have a situation where this 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:28.800 is our phone and our laptop and our 00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:32.339 regular computer and we just kind of have docs that we just like use when we 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:38.459 have to I know that I'm foolish I know it's just 00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:41.399 a dream but I believe next doc 00:15:38.459 --> 00:15:45.120 fix your freaking trackpad please and 60 hertz on display and then we can talk 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:48.600 more next time hey thanks for watching this video guys if you want to watch 00:15:46.199 --> 00:15:52.800 something else uh you could watch the previous review I did on this on the 00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:56.639 next stock touch back in 2020 it's a little old but that's the last time 00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:59.720 anyone in the world I think thought about this idea so