Samsung Dex station pricing and availability details announced, to cost $149

Samsung has announced the details for its DeX station on its website along with availability details. According to the company, Samsung DeX will sell for $149.99 (Rs 9,700 approximately). The Station is available for pre-order right now and will start shipping from “late April” according to the product page. The prices and availability details mentioned on the product page do not indicate details about the launch of DeX Station in India but do give us an indication of what price to expect for the dock.

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The features of Samsung DeX mirror the functionality to that of Microsoft Continuum allowing the user to transform their smartphones into portable desktops of fully functional machines for work as detailed previously.

DeX has two components, the first is a Samsung Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+ and the second is DeX Station. Samsung DeX Station includes two USB 2.0 ports, one Ethernet port, one USB Type-C power in, and a cooling fan. The station is also equipped with an Adaptive Fast Charging technology to charge your smartphone faster when connected to the station.

Samsung has optimised Android to provide a desktop-like experience which plays nice with keyboard and mouse. This means that you can use keyboard shortcuts along with gestures like drag and drop to work on your files.

Samsung has added resizable windows, contextual menus and desktop version web browser in collaboration with Google.

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