Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shortage

Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor... by rjzzleep on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:41AM (#29130119)

I rented a car in Germany ones but unfortunately I dont remember if it was a BMW or Mercedes. It had a fancy but horrendous touch nob and I just couldn't figure out how to move the car. Car makers consider everything touch a premium feature. The more touch the better/expensive. But to be fair I'm also extremely turned off by how Tesla "reimagined" the door knob.

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Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor... by FDSGSG on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:43AM (#29130135)

BMWs have a touch nob clickwheel thing, there is no part of the UX that requires or even strongly encourages you to use the touch functionality.

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Re:Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shor... by rjzzleep on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:53AM (#29130197)

I think we might be talking about different things. It was a touch knob where the gear shift would be. Everything in that car was off in my opinion.

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