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crystalworks 10-26-2018 11:42 AM

Well... I pulled the trigger on this:https://www.ebay.com/itm/Android-8-0...72.m2749.l2649

It was on sale for $419 and Ebay had 10% off yesterday so I ordered it and a bunch of other stuff for the install. Will let you guys know if it's any good once it gets here in 2 or 3 months. Ah shipping from China. I can say that it does not come with the 5m extension cable so I'll be making one myself. The listing is not clear about that but they emailed shortly after the purchase to inform me... and link to a listing of course. :rolleyes:

mr_robot 10-26-2018 11:56 AM

WOW! Can't wait for you to install it haha

trentcdrums 10-26-2018 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by crystalworks (Post 1144974)
Well... I pulled the trigger on this:https://www.ebay.com/itm/Android-8-0...72.m2749.l2649

It was on sale for $419 and Ebay had 10% off yesterday so I ordered it and a bunch of other stuff for the install. Will let you guys know if it's any good once it gets here in 2 or 3 months. Ah shipping from China. I can say that it does not come with the 5m extension cable so I'll be making one myself. The listing is not clear about that but they emailed shortly after the purchase to inform me... and link to a listing of course. :rolleyes:

Ugh.. why not go with the $300 XTRONS unit on Amazon? I love mine and it's a faster processor. Cancel this order and go with Amazon. You'll get better service to.

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trentcdrums 10-26-2018 12:12 PM

https://www.amazon.com/XTRONS-Androi...rds=xtrons+e53

PropellerHead 10-26-2018 01:17 PM

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WOW! Can't wait for you to install it haha

Me too. I am interested to hear ab the glare and performance. Looking hard at this one for the E39's.
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Originally Posted by trentcdrums (Post 1144976)
Ugh.. why not go with the $300 XTRONS unit on Amazon? I love mine and it's a faster processor.

Same PX5 Octa core in both units. Bigger screen and different angle/format in this one. I can't wait to hear more.

They're all basically the same loaders and with the same hardware, performance differences should be negligible. The only real difference is the preferred screen size/physical format.

mr_robot 10-26-2018 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by trentcdrums (Post 1144976)
Ugh.. why not go with the $300 XTRONS unit on Amazon? I love mine and it's a faster processor. Cancel this order and go with Amazon. You'll get better service to.

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Because it looks like someone just glued a 9" tablet to the dash :nanana: (no offence to anyone, it's just subjective) and it's just my humble opinion :thumbup:

I wish, I wish there was an OEM looking unit, w/o the DVD drive, it's an obsolete media with a bigger screen oem is 6.5, Android is only 7".

PropellerHead 10-26-2018 01:37 PM

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Because it looks like someone just glued a 9" tablet to the dash :nanana: (no offence to anyone, it's just subjective) and it's just my humble opinion :thumbup:

I haven't found a pic that really shows it well, but this is pretty close. I agree that it's far from OE in appearance, but I will take the larger screen any day. After I got used to aiming a little 'higher' than the area of the screen I want to select, everything from typing to navigation became worlds better than OE. Everything except i-BUS interaction that is. That's still a band aid while they work to improve.

This is a pic of my alarm application. I have scripts setup that I fire off when I am a couple streets from home. They set the thermostats, open the gate, and disarm the alarm. Those events trigger lights inside and out, so my house is well lit when I drive up with no waiting the gate/garage door. Very cool.

mr_robot 10-26-2018 02:25 PM

So it's angled back correct?

trentcdrums 10-26-2018 02:41 PM

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So it's angled back correct?

Yes. Here is mine. https://photos.app.goo.gl/6NiGDtTciEDieE7W9

bcredliner 10-26-2018 02:59 PM

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I have a similar version from Seicane that I would no recommend buying from due to the language barrier, lack of customer services and no US contact. Pictures follows:


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