Phone mode provides a mirror of the phone's screen that simply mimics what you do on the handset.
With CShell, full Windows 10 would look just like Windows 10 Mobile does when
in phone mode, and it would scale up perfectly when in Continuum for an experience that's identical to that of a normal Windows 10 desktop.
Toggling the speaker
phone mode on and then off again sometimes removes the issue, but it's not consistent.
CShell is coming to both full Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile, meaning you'll still get that very same desktop experience when in Continuum mode and that enhanced phone experience when
in phone mode.
It sounds silly — and it is — but once you get used to using it, it's nice to have, and easier to understand than Samsung's tiny - one - handed -
phone mode on the Note 3.
That's all in
phone mode, though, and some performance issues start to crop up once you dock the PadFone.
The third panel, which you use when it's in «
phone mode,» would be on the back of the device when it's in «tablet mode.»
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Phone mode: Preview how your books will look on phones like Apple iPhone 7, Samsung Galaxy S7, and others.
Apps crash when you pull the phone out of the dock: Almost any app will run properly in tablet mode and
phone mode, but if you pull out your phone while apps are open, you'll get an error.
It uniquely lets you run your entire system, or just certain apps, in tablet or
phone mode, and you can customize the DPI settings as well.
What's confusing, though is that Ars was running Fuchsia natively, with no emulator mode, so why would
phone mode be accessible from a laptop?
If it ever does, Lenovo will have to deal with questions of practicality: Having a smartphone that doubles as a bigger screen for movies and reading sounds great, but fitting all of the necessary components is a technical challenge, and the Folio looks pretty chunky in
its phone mode today.
The win32 apps would only work in Continuum mode and would normally be hidden in
phone mode.
To return to the phone screen, tap the notification alert saying, «Touch to switch to
Phone mode.»
As reported on by MSPoweruser and The Verge, the versatile device would be as compact as a traditional handset in
phone mode, but it could unfold into a tablet for when you desired a larger screen.