Hyundai Launching CarPlay in Sonata in First Quarter of 2016

Even with a cheap car like a Hyundai that's good to see they are being implemented with CarPlay rather than upscale quality cars only.

Cheap? The Hyundai Equus starts at $61,500 USD, and the Sonata starts over $20k and goes up considerably after that. It's inexpensive for the amount of car and features you get compared to German automakers, but these aren't cheap, budget vehicles. If you mean


* https://www.hyundaiusa.com/equus/
* https://www.hyundaiusa.com/sonata/

Even with a cheap car like a Hyundai that's good to see they are being implemented with CarPlay rather than upscale quality cars only.

I think Henry meant cheap as in inexpensive. To that end, Hyundai does sell 4 vehicles from $15K-$18K. That's cheap. Using the Equus as a retort is sort of like using a Toureg as an example of VW not selling cheap cars when the Jetta is right there.

Even a conversation with someone in the car reduces your reaction time. If one pays attention, they will notice that they will look at the front seat passenger in which the are talking to from time to time. With hands-free there is nothing but the road and instrument panel that needs to be looked at it, so one could argue that talking to someone in a car is potentially slightly more dangerous.

But even those that take personal precautions, also need to be aware of how others might reaction around them. I can't wait until autonomous driving removes a most of the major accidents on the road.

I've tested several vehicles and aftermarket infotainment head units with varying results. A couple of the earlier ones were just so slow respond that even as an iOS user I would have rather used their default system and control my iPhone the old fashion way.

I've never tried testing via the wireless option, but except for very short drives where taking your iPhone out of your pocket to charge whilst driving is too much of an inconvenience, I don't see that getting often, which makes it a back-burner concern.

PS: Are there any automobiles that are yet using capacitance, IPS panels on their head units?

As shown, they have a wide range of prices and vehicles, like most other major car manufacturers, despite your opinion that they only sell "affordable" cars.

Shame on Hyundai for its bait and switch approach of soon and free changing to wait to pay. What a way to squander customer good will. An imaginative firm would offer free updates at dealer as part of a customer visit or an oil change.

Also boo on Honda for also playing bait and switch. In a massive show of bad faith, Honda allowed Apple to use photos of a Honda display audio unit in its promotions of CarPlay. Even after successfully testing CarPlay in 2014 vehicles via a customer installed USB update, Honda has dragged its feet in introducing and then reneging on its representations of offering a future backwards compatible firmware update to their early customers of display audio equipped vehicles.