In my car there should not have been a requirement for additional hardware if they would not have stripped the infotainment before delivery. My brochure tells me I have 'In control touch pro' and a '..60Gb SSD with 10Gb media storage.." . Now the 'wifi hotspot' wasn't mentioned as such, but the part on the 'in control touch pro' switched me to a global JLR website were they said 'all in control touch pro systems come with a WiFi hotspot..' . There were no footnotes about 'availability van vary in certain markets' ; this they added AFTER I filed my complaints...scm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:36 am I sympathise with your situation, but this analogy isn't really appropriate - there's a world of difference between updating a smartphone with a bit of software, and updating a car that requires additional hardware. I can't see many smartphone manufacturers updating back level phones with, say, extra cameras because the latest model has more, or adding more memory because the updated software takes up more space.
Regarding smartphones : I am done with Samsung for this very reason. I bought a 'top-of-the-range' Galaxy S6 edge in 2015 for € 700,- .
In 2017 they decided NOT to upgrade android on that phone. As a result my paid apps [ that did adept to newer android versions] would freeze and block the phone. I did a factory reset several times, lost a lot of important data as I forgot I switched 'synchronise' off, finally gave it to my son. He simply blocked automatic updates, removed all bloatware and is vert happe with it as he doesn't use the paid apps I need... Never ever again Samsung, like Microsoft and the likes...
So when I replace my TV's or anything, also these will not be from Samsung anymore. Once I'm alienated with a supplier its permanent for me.
And no : I don't need Android Auto. Unless I can use it to run Torque on it...