I guess the idea is to be able to attach a second display to the NexDock.
Yes. I think they should have made it asymmetric with one full size and a secondary micro HDMI. This way 90% of the users would not need to buy adapters because I guess few people use the Pi with 2 displays.
I just hate bad industrial design decisions.
The Pi 4 has several really user unfriendly design flows:
- The micro HDMI which forces adapters
- The power supply brick that (at least in Europe) has very uncomfortable size and shape, does not fit even in some large travel cases, often wastes neighboring electric sockets and the Pi’s has low tolerance for other power supplies.
- The 4 USB-A that are so close to each other that they are seldom usable at the same time.
I am advocate for adding a second USB-C or a micro HDMI to the future versions of Librem 5 so that some users would be able to skip the need for a docking station.
One USB-C for charging and the USB-C/micro HDMI for the external Display.
The fewer accessories, the better. And especially as we see the choice of a docking station is not easy at all. Many either don’t deliver video or don’t provide more than 0,5 A.