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      10-11-2019, 01:04 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by vreihen16 View Post
Go find a 25 year-old car with a factory analog car phone. How old are the BMW models that lost their 2G iDrive connectivity when the cellular system was shut down? At least in terms of electronics, today's cars in 40 years will be paperweights.....
I don't see how iDrive has anything to do with restoring the vehicle for the following reasons.

1) 2G Network was slow to begin with
2) Its possible to retrofit a 4G combox
3) Most people use their phone for maps anyways
4) Everything else was really a gimmick

You gotta remember when the E90 came out, smartphones weren't the best. They were basic at most with a few cool features.

Also, now there's companies that sell retrofit CarPlay Units/Android Auto Units

I used the E9X as an example because it was one of the generations that had the 2G connectivity which is now offline.
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