'Buy a Lumia 950 XL and get a free Microsoft Display Dock * * Valid with purchase of 950 XL and offer registration between 20th November 2015 and 31st January 2016, while supplies last. Instead you'll get a promo voucher and you'll have to order it for free from the Microsoft Online Store. The dock itself won't come bundled with your Lumia 950 XL though. Luckily, Microsoft will be throwing this dock for free if you get a Lumia 950 XL via the Microsoft's official online stores in UK and Germany. This small gadget is quite expensive though, it costs about €75 in Europe. This in theory make for lighter packing when traveling or save you the expense of a standalone computer.īoth Lumia smartphones are now available on pre-order as is the Display Dock, required for the phone-to-PC magic. Both are powerful enough to use the so-called Continuum feature - that's the ability to turn your phone into a full-fledged PC by plugging in an external monitor and a keyboard via the Microsoft Display Dock. TechAdvisor’s original rating has been left intact.Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL are the first Windows 10 running smartphones. While the original review of the Kensington SD5700T Thunderbolt 4 Dock was written by Simon Jary of TechAdvisor, PCWorld’s Mark Hachman edited and adapted it for the PCWorld audience. For everyone else looking to connect legacy peripherals, including displays, you may want to explore a cheaper, more flexible dock instead.

And that’s fine, if you own those peripherals. This is a forward-looking dock designed for a world powered by USB-C or Thunderbolt. You’ll appreciate the lights that show power and connectivity status, plus the On/Off button that can power off the dock when not in use. On the side, as you’d expect from a Kensington device, are lock slots for physical security. The Kensington SD5700T Thunderbolt 4 Dock is built sturdily.

Otherwise you can buy a USB-C dongle to solve this-though that requires spending even more money for what is already a terribly expensive dock. If not, you’ll require either a USB-C-to-HDMI or USB-C-to-DisplayPort adapter (not included) to connect to the Thunderbolt 4 ports. You can connect displays directly if the monitors have a USB-C connection. Most external displays used by PCs include either HDMI or DisplayPort ports, and this dock lacks both.

The weakness is, of course, the lack of dedicated display ports.

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