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Originally Posted by xQx
if you're looking for a car analogy, BMW is more like an android. it's got a very active community of people who can change the car from stock, you can swap in better components (brake pads, spark plugs, intercoolers etc).
But, every time you get into a BMW, you need to get used to the individual car. The indicators are on the wrong side, the icons on the dash and location of the cruise control changes from car to car and model to model. Frankly, it's confusing when you first get into a new BMW, and they've got so many different models it must be very difficult for BMW to support every one.
The iPhone is like a Tesla. It's fully integrated, sleek, shiny and fast. There are different specifications, but really only one "model". If you are happy doing exactly what the designer expects you to do with it, it's wonderful; but if you are bothered by it's shortcomings (like agility, battery life, charge time, value for money, etc) you can lump it or leave it.
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Good point, but customizing your ride is more of Ford & Chevy thing. BMW rather you not mess with the car, you are more or less jailbreaking a BMW. Trust me there are far more custom parts for Ford and Chevy than BMW, and they cost a lot less as well. I modified Ford Engines with far less efforts.
My point was about the engineering going into all the parts and pieces and making sure they work together ( yeah we all have complaints about BMW engineering failures) but as integrated solution it works well, just like the IPhone, they are highly engineered and tested devices, unlike their android counter parts who are just slapping piecing together none of which they had design inputs on the specs of the part.
I worked in the electronic design world for a long time and PC's and Android live in the world of design compromises. Since no one controls the design top to bottom everyone gets a compromised solution and make it work to the best of its ability.