fleabag
Active member
I took the case off of my iPhone, and the thing is, I don’t miss it.
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BMW missed a massive win here by not including Carplay/Android Auto. Would have cost much less to develop no doubt as well.The bigger issue I have with the phone cradle no one here has mentioned yet is the vibration from the engine can damage your phone's camera. It did this to mine. I will say that can depend on how vigorously you ride. But any sort of modification to the unit here should incorporate at least some dampening in addition to a larger size well for a phone with a case. My samsung is just barely too big to fit with the case mounted.
That being said, I passionately hate the BMW mobile app. There is no reason the app should require location data at all times as opposed to while in use. And if it is going to block out the screen there should at least be an option to mirror the phone screen onto the TFT display. I.E., allow me to use JBV1 while riding and utilizing the connection.
I have thus resorted to an SP connect mount on the brake lever clamp. Wired it up to allow for wireless charging as well.