>If they could plug their phone to a dock station for the few times they need a keyboard and a bigger screen, they would be fine.
Samsung DeX does this, and I think similar solutions or workarounds are available for other manufacturers via USB-DP Alt Mode and BT for input devices.
I don't know anyone who uses it, though, and can't vouch for practicality.
It was definitely a thing for awhile. IIRC Mozilla made a phone OS that could do this and I think Ubuntu too. I think those projects gave up too quickly. Sometimes things take time and idk why in CS we have to always be in a rush. If Goodyear, who's made tires for 100 years, can take 8 years to make a tire, I think we can take that time to make a new novel OS that has a phone mode and desktop mode. Certainly such a thing is going to take time for people to even wrap their heads around
I think it needs to become "standard" on Android. Then developers will write apps for it, and I could imagine hotels offering "docking stations" (e.g. the TV with a keyboard/mouse).
If it's only the Samsung thing, probably developers don't care? Also it feels like Google may make Workspace work on wide Android screens (for their XR stuff).
Samsung DeX does this, and I think similar solutions or workarounds are available for other manufacturers via USB-DP Alt Mode and BT for input devices.
I don't know anyone who uses it, though, and can't vouch for practicality.