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It says it has the gauges, the phone is for extra info like range and navigation. But I agree, having a car with no inbuilt radio/speakers will be strange.
by 0xcoffee 7y ago
It says it has the gauges, the phone is for extra info like range and navigation. But I agree, having a car with no inbuilt radio/speakers will be strange.
- LeonM 7y ago> having a car with no inbuilt radio/speakers will be strange. I actually like that part about it! Most in-car infotainment systems (esp. in this price range) are useless anyway, and are basically already outdated on the day they leave the factory. You'll always end up with using your phone instead of the build-in system, as it is orders of magnitudes better at doing everything. So why car manufacturers even bother with trying to build their own systems always seemed weird to me. Not sure if the car has no build-in speakers at all, the article doesn't mention that. Maybe it does have build-in speakers with bluetooth connectivity, just no head-unit (frontend).
- BlueTemplar 7y agoHow do the speakers go obsolete? And in most cars the radio itself can be easily removed.
- LeonM 7y agoI wasn't talking about the speakers, but the head-unit itself. This is often not just a radio, but an integrated unit with display, controls etc for navigation, radio, HVAC etc. In just about any car produced >2000 these radios are integrated in the dashboard, thus not easily replaceable.
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- agumonkey 7y agoFor you and I maybe, for kids born in the 2000s ? They won't even notice. They all sit in cars with tablets and pills/bt-speakers over 4g connections. My cousin even unplugged the external antenna for some reason. I think this tiny cart took the current generation practices deeply in.
- bckygldstn 7y agoI'm currently using a bluetooth speaker in my car while I fix the stereo. Two minor UX issues I'm having: * Unlike the builtin system in my 15 year old car, the bluetooth speaker doesn't adjust volume with my car's speed, so I have to constantly adjust it. * The speaker's interface isn't designed to be used without looking (small buttons flush with the housing) so adjusting the volume all the time is particularly annoying.