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The original was posted on /r/samsungdex by /u/DeX_Mod on 2025-02-17 20:07:40+00:00.
As always, not journalists, but we're doing our best to be fair, even, etc and present these items from the DeX and/or mobile computing viewpoint.
Sotsu was kind enough to send a couple of monitors, and their USB-C hub to review. The Hub will have it's own thread at some point, for today, focusing on their portable 14" monitors.
SOTSU has sent over their 14" Flipaction Touch, and GO monitors. They're virtually identical, except that the Touch has a touchscreen, and the GO does not. The GO also does NOT come packaged with the magnetic stand.
Flipaction Touch on the stand, and the rear view of the GO
On quick glance the monitors are almost identical. Both are all aluminum chassis, with a rotating kickstand containing a USB-C input, mini-HDMI input, and a USB-C PD port. The back of the kickstand, also contains the flush mounted, 4 way button, used to interact with the Onscreen Display (OSD).
Both monitors are 1080p, running at 60hz. The Touch has slightly better contrast ratio, at 1500:1, vs the 1200:1 of the GO, but I'm not sure you'd be able to tell with the naked eye. Even side by side with the same content I hard a hard time telling which was which at a distance.
Both support 100% of the DCI-P3 colour gamut, and both are just simply beautiful panels to look at, with about 400nits of brightness.
These are just simple monitors tho, no batteries, no built in speakers. They're just simply really nice panels
The wild part of all this, is that the GO states it uses 5W of power (max) and the Touch states it uses 4W (max).
A quick test shows me that typical use while using DeX is actually much less:
Flipaction Touch uses under 3w of power in typical use
Both monitors are very solid, all aluminum construction. Both weigh around 700g, with the touchscreen weighing slightly less at 675g.
The secret sauce for this portable monitor is the rotating kickstand, and the magnetic base stand (included with the touch, but extra on the GO)
The Rotating kickstand allows you to use the monitor in essentially 3 main configurations (2 without the base).
Flipaction GO, kickstand
The main/default mode is going to be to just simply prop the monitor up, sitting on your desk. The hinge on the monitor is very firm, and will essentially hold at any angle you set it at. Talking with the SOTSU founder, he stated:
All the hinges on the monitor are tested to last for 8+ years with daily operations. We have tested both on fatigue machines and manually tested internally. The chance of them failing is very small.
And having fiddled with them for a couple weeks now, I absolutely believe that. The Touch will likely be in heavy rotation for me, so we'll revisit this in a year.
You can rotate the base 90 degrees, and obtain a portrait orientation on the monitor
This is obviously not useful in DeX currently, but works fine for other OS machines (Steam Deck, Surface pro, etc)
The magnetic base is awesome. I'm not sure I can overstate how great the magnetic base is.
SOTSU magnetic Base for the GO and Touch
The magnetic base is what really elevates the SOTSU monitor above most of it's competitors (see what I did there?) It folds flat, and magnets to the back of the monitor (just to the right of the kickstand in this view), and the hinge is VERY firm. You can put the monitor at virtually any angle, and the base stand will hold it there.....possibly forever
Flipaction touch on the magnetic base
slim package
The sideview of the whole things give you an idea of just how sleek the whole package is, and have angle adjustment on the base as well as the kickstand really lets you dial in the monitor placement, for ergonomics, and the ability to avoid glare
The rear, in standard formation
This is kind of the basic use case. Flip out the kickstand, insert the magnetic base (it clips together very satisfyingly) and get to work.
Portrait mode
You can easily rotate the monitor to portrait while everything is connection. The monitor spins fairly freely, but clicks into portrait or landscape spots. Easy to adjust, but won't go askew if you bump it
Tall boy mode
I'm sure there's a proper term for this, but this is what my caffeine starved brain came up with today. This was the mode that interested me the most. It holds the monitor up HIGH, makes for a MUCH more ergonomic setup when typing at a desk, while at the same time, also allows you to position it around other devices..... I don't have a tab S, but with my similar sized Surface pro, you can see the intent of this mode:
Still just a single cable to power the monitor
Just for comparison, you obviously can do the same with just a phone
If you have to have a device that has multiple USB-C 4 (or tb4) ports, you can even use both monitors at the same time, a single cable for each
SOTSU Touch on top, SOTSU GO on bottom, and Surface pro to the right
2 cables, 3 screens, and you're still getting 6+ hours of work time, all on one battery.
As a DeX and Surface guy, it's really really awesome to see monitors aimed at us. The monitors are so low powered, you can use them on battery for hours, and not sweat it.
Oh, and did I mention that the touchscreen, also happens to support MPP pens (microsoft pens)?
I can use the Surface pen 2 from my Surface pro with the monitor, with absolutely no issues.
The pen even clips to the monitor
It works fairly similarly to how the s-pen works on the phone/tablet screen
Selecting items with the pen
I don't use my s-pen, or my surface pen a TON, but when I do, it's a pretty great experience. it's VERY nice to have the option to continue to use it on the SOTSU. The S-pen is not MPP, so unfortunately isn't going to carry over from your tablet, or ultra. If you're not a surface person tho, there are a ton of MPP pens out there, at a wide range of prices, so it's pretty easy to add one into the mix.
SOTSU does also have their own pen:
It looks a TON like the standard Surface pen, but has usb-c charging.
So something else caught my eye as I was handling the monitor and stand. I noticed that there's what looks like a usb-c port on the kickstand.....
There's a matching one on the magnetic base
I originally assumed it was just a guide, to help seat the kickstand to the base, but SOTSU confirmed that the USB-C in the kickstand is fully functional, and they're looking at adding a built in hub to the magnetic base, potentially
It's always great to see forward thinking like that, and I'm really curious to see what they had in mind.
OFFICIAL Specs:
Resolution
1920x1080 (16:9)
Brightness
400 Nits
Contrast Ratio
1500:1
Color Gamut
100% DCI-P3
Reresh Rate
60Hz
Power Consumption
4W Max
Product Size
13” x 7.7” x 0.5’’
Monitor Weight
675g
Base Stand Weight
320g
Resolution
1920x1080 (16:9)
Brightness
400 Nits
Contrast Ratio
1200:1
Color Gamut
100% DCI-P3
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