Samsung DeX, the docking station that the South Koreans introduced alongside Galaxy S8 to Galaxy S8+, can turn both mentioned smartphones into a computer for more common, mostly office work. According to the product specifications, DeX is only compatible with Samsung's latest flagship models and no others. User gascart but he showed that this is not entirely true, because the dock also works with another phone and mainly from a completely different brand and with a different operating system.
Samsung DeX is also compatible with the Microsoft Lumia 950 smartphone without the slightest problem. After connecting the Lumia, a special user interface based on the connected external monitor is loaded Windows 10, which is powered directly by the phone's hardware.
The fact that Samsung worked directly with Microsoft on DeX will probably be behind everything. Their Microsoft Continuum, on which DeX is also based, works on the same principle. But on Continuum, a kind of light-hearted one starts Windows 10, on the other hand, DeX starts a kind of desktop Android. Either way, both systems are similar in many ways and handle essentially the same thing. Neither solution can replace a full-fledged computer, but both may be sufficient for someone.
