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JinTech said:

Same. What I find funny is when I told a sales rep at one of the Apple Stores in my area that I ordered the iPhone XS Max with 512GBs he flat out asked I needed that much storage or that much power. Mind you, he doesn’t even know me or what I plan on doing with the phone. I found it absolutely absurd that an actual Apple employee would question my buying habits of their own products!

I think some people, even an Apple Store employee, can't wrap their heads around paying $1,449 for a smartphone. I say, if you can, then more power to you.

brianm said:

Some of us only update once every 3-4 years - in my case I've been on a 4 year path - iPhone 4 to iPhone 6 to having ordered the iPhone XS (hopefully .5 to 1.5 weeks to arrive now after pre-ordering it last Friday morning)

As pricey as the top-end iPhones are these days, I don't think I could put myself on a 4-year upgrade cycle. My tech-addiction usually kicks in around the 2-year point, and I have to upgrade. My wife typically inherits my 2-year-old phone (which she's perfectly ok with), and I get whatever the new model is. So it's kind of win-win.  

maciekskontakt said:

As long as D/A converter is not cheapo from Apple vendors and from proper vendor who pays attention to sound quality and distortions. 

Not sure why they didn't mention it in the article, but the mics use technology from Apogee (Soft Limit and mic preamps).

MplsP said:

Exactly. CarPlay is far from perfect, but it’s also far superior to the other maufacuter solutions I’ve used. The Nav system in my Audi is nice, but the voice recognition is atrocious and I’ve never had an issue with Apple Maps. 
 

I just trade out of a 2011 BMW, and the voice recognition was ok, but you had to disregard the way it wanted you tell it the desired address. Once I learned how to tell it the address properly, it worked almost every time. Similarly, my 2018 Audi has to be told a certain way like, "drive to (say address here)", and it generally works every time. However, I do have to agree that Apple's voice recognition via the CarPlay interface works very well. Sending text messages, in particular, have been surprisingly accurate. Likewise for dictating notes, or requesting a specific playlist or song. I'm very happy with CarPlay, and use it almost exclusively as my goto interface.

zone said:

I don't get automakers who don't include this in 2018 models. Get with program Honda, Mazda, and Toyota just to name a few. 

The last time I checked, unless you only get the LX trim level on the Civic, Accord, CR-V, or Pilot, you're going to get CarPlay/Android Auto standard on all of those. And I believe this has been the case since the '17 models.