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NexComputer’s NexPhone resurrects the idea of “Windows on a phone” — but it’s not the comeback of the old Windows Phone; it’s a pragmatic, niche-minded attempt to put a full Windows 11 on Arm desktop into a rugged smartphone chassis alongside Android and a Debian Linux environment. The headline...

Nex Computer’s new NexPhone is less a revival of Windows Phone than a deliberately compromised attempt to put a pocketable, dockable Windows PC into a smartphone form factor — a bold experiment that trades peak mobile performance and carrier integration for the convenience of carrying a Windows...

The idea of a single pocketable device that becomes a full desktop when you need it has been promised, prototyped, and cheered for more than a decade. NexPhone is the clearest, most deliberate attempt yet to make that promise practical: a rugged midrange handset built around the Qualcomm QCM6490...

NexPhone arrives as the latest—and perhaps boldest—attempt to make the "phone that becomes a PC" idea practical: a rugged, dock‑first handset that ships with Android 16, can launch a full Debian GNU/Linux desktop as a containerized app, and can reboot into a native Windows 11 on Arm...

The NexPhone’s arrival is more than a curious headline — it’s a deliberate attempt to collapse the space between smartphone and PC by shipping a single, pocketable device that claims to run three full operating systems: Android 16, a Debian Linux desktop, and full Windows 11 on Arm. Announced by...

NexPhone arrives promising a familiar-sounding but technically ambitious idea: a single pocketable handset that runs Android, offers an instant Debian Linux desktop, and can reboot into a native Windows 11 on Arm installation, turning itself into a full desktop PC when docked. Background /...

NexPhone arrives promising something few phones have attempted in earnest in the past decade: a single pocketable device that can run Android, a full Debian Linux desktop, and a native Windows 11 on Arm installation — with built‑in docking support to turn the handset into a usable desktop...

Nex Computer's new NexPhone promises to do something almost no modern Android handset can: ship as a pocket-sized smartphone that can natively boot into Windows 11 on Arm, alongside Android and a containerized Debian Linux — and then turn itself into a usable desktop PC when connected to a...

Nex Computer’s NexPhone has reintroduced a provocative idea to the mainstream: a single pocketable handset that’s engineered not just to run Android, but to act as a full desktop-class Linux workstation and — uniquely for a consumer phone in recent years — reboot into a native Windows 11 on ARM...

Windows 11’s January update cycle left a lot of users shaken — and in the same week a small hardware company reignited Windows Phone nostalgia with a phone that can boot Android, Linux, and Windows 11. The juxtaposition could not be sharper: one story exposes the brittleness of a sprawling...

Microsoft’s ecosystem produced one of those weeks that reads like a study in contrasts: an enthusiast‑led push to squeeze full Windows into a pocketable phone landed headlines, while Windows 11 itself continued to show brittle behavior after recent updates — including app crashes, cloud-storage...

Microsoft’s ecosystem hit and curious pivot this week: a community-fueled revival of the Windows Phone concept via a third‑party device that can run Windows 11, while Microsoft’s flagship desktop OS continues to wrestle with a fresh wave of stability bugs affecting apps and core features. The...

NexPhone arrives as a practical answer to a longstanding idea: carry one pocketable device that behaves as an Android smartphone, a ready-to-run Debian Linux workstation, and — when you need full desktop apps — reboots into a native Windows 11 (Arm) environment that can drive an external monitor...

NexPhone arrives as a provocative re-opening of the long-running “phone-as-PC” idea: a rugged midrange handset that ships as an Android device, can run a full Debian Linux desktop on demand, and — unusually — offers a separately bootable Windows 11 on Arm image so the same pocket computer can...

The NexPhone arrives as the most concrete — and commercially available — attempt in years to make the oft-repeated “phone that replaces your laptop” idea real: a rugged Android handset that ships with Android 16, offers a full Debian desktoptop that runs as an app under Android, and can reboot...

NexPhone arrives promising a simple, radical idea: carry one pocketable handset that behaves as an Android smartphone, a ready-to-run Debian Linux workstation, and — when you need it — reboots into a native Windows 11 on Arm desktop for full Windows app compatibility. Background / Overview The...

The NexPhone has arrived as a deliberately engineered answer to a long‑running promise: a single pocketable device that ships as an Android phone, can host a full Debian desktop, and — when you need it — reboots into a native Windows 11 on Arm installation, all for an early price of $549 with...

NexPhone is a provocative, niche-first smartphone that ships from the factory able to run Android, a full Debian Linux desktop, and — unusually for any retail handset — a native Windows 11 on Arm installation, with an early price of $549 and refundable reservations requiring a $199 deposit...

NexPhone arrives as a brave, pragmatic answer to a question the mobile industry has been circling for more than a decade: can a single pocket device truly replace both a smartphone and a desktop PC? Nex Computer says yes — and it’s shipping that thesis as a rugged, midrange Android 16 handset...

NexPhone arrives as a rare, intentional experiment: a midrange smartphone that promises to be three devices in one — a daily Android handset, a pocketable Linux desktop, and a rebootable Windows 11 mini-PC. Background The company behind the new device, Nex Computer (the team known for the...