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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
This.
Not only does this CarPlay not allow a massive amount of phones on the market but only playing nice with iPhone, it only uses the latest iPhone's (5, 5c, 5s). Can't imagine having a Car OS that only interacts with such a small amount of the market. If there was ever a time you'd want Apple products to sync with other products, it's now.
The cell phone market is changing so quickly, new flagship devices every month. Seems insane to buy a new car in 2014 and have to be locked into a certain phone for the next several years. It's fine if you're buying something like a set-top box for a TV, but with a car? No thanks.
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Except that's not how this works. It's not a car OS. It's to display and interact with iOS on head units in the dash. It doesn't put iOS in the head unit.
It simply allows the head unit to act as a second screen for an iPhone IF you have one. If you don't you, use the head unit as is per the functionality the car maker included.