Why is the Scion infotainment system a rebadge of Mazda connect?

>>14656276
Mazda and Toyota signed a tech deal a couple of years back, mazda get to use the Toyota hybrid system and make the base model Scion hatch.

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>Mazda doesn't have anything to do with Toyota

>>14656570
they 're both pretty ugly

>>14656276
>infotainment system

Whats the point of these stupid things? 99.99% of Americans have smartphones

>>14656591
Its a cheap way for manufacturers to significantly raise the price of a new car.

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>>14656591
I have no fucking idea why cars don't come with built-in smartphone holders. Hell, my car has nowhere to put one without obstructing the windshield because of retarded dash design.

It's even more insulting since any $100 lagdroid phone destroys all "infotainment" systems I've seen when it comes to media playback and navigation convenience.

>>14656643
>I have no fucking idea why cars don't come with built-in smartphone holders
It's called your pocket, if you need GPS you're a scrub.

>>14656655
And then there's this retard.

>>14656643
I saw someone have a holder that went in their cup holder, seemed to work pretty good.

>>14656643
A lot of new cars do have spots for your phone. Some of them even include inductive chargers there too.

>>14656655
I don't really need GPS, but I do need traffic info because my city is a clusterfuck.

>>14656730
same. I'd like to have Waze open and be able to see it, but no good place to really mount my phone in my car.

>>14656655
b8

>>14656276
The BeSpoke systems in Scions are much better than the Entune systems in Toyotas.

>I work for Entune/BeSpoke tech support

My Harley Davidson had a Harman Cardon stereo and has nothing to do with Audi.

>>14656643
>$100 lagdroid phone
>thinking phones cost $100 and are not entirely amortized by your phone bill

>>14659792
100$ unlock phones exist but since you are a cuck you don't know about them

>>14656276
The Scion iA/Yaris iA/Yaris R/Yaris Sedan is a rebadged Mazda 2, genius. They have an agreement.

Besides, Mazda's infotainment is arguably best in class while Toyota's is made of hot garbage.

>why wouldn't they just use Entune, Toyota's piece of shit infotainment
Be thankful they used Mazda instead.

Source: Frequent Toyota renter (via Hertz)

>>14659792
I actually meant a phone that costs $100 off contract. It's gonna be some mediatek shit, but even that is better than 99% of car infotainment systems.

>>14659715
That's because Harmon Kardon is a separate company dummy. They make audio products (e.g. speakers, amps, etc.) for consumers and OEMs.

>>14662370
My Samsung galaxy j3 was 150$

>>14659792
My POS Tracfone Ultimate 2 cost $100