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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by pier25 on Monday February 17, 2020 @10:29AM (#22348326)
The touchscreen system of my Honda HRV from that I bought in 2016 is ridiculously bad.

I think the new models come with Android or Apple Car integration but mine has a UI that looks and feels from 20 years ago. Not only it's fugly, but it's slow and unresponsive. Bluetooth disconnects randomly. Sometimes the phone connects but not the audio. The volume control is a fucking touchscreen slider which is totally unresponsive. Jesus, the team that did that had no idea what they were doing.

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Re:Tesla teardown finds electronics 6 years ahead of Toyota ... by sliken on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:44PM (#22351627)
Touch screens in Subarus, BMWs, Lexus, and Fords (the ones I've personally tried) are laughably bad. Like 10 year old phones, of even older tables like the Nokia 770 tablet (2004 ish).

The Tesla was the first UI I tried that felt as good or better than this years phones. Nice large, clear, color display. Fast UI, pinch and zoom, etc. I do wish they spent a bit more on ram/SSD to keep a better local cache. Seems silly to zoom in, then zoom out and have to wait for the infill.

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