Best Smart Phone to Pair with E90

[Chee Huat]

Dear Fellow Beemers,I am planning to invest in a new smart phone to work together with my E90 320d MSport.Which brand and which model is the most friendly with our i-Drive?Especially for the function like ata communication (For using BMW Live, this is really good supportive input to our Navigation System via BMW apps), Phone Book (This is key, as I always making call using my BMW, now cannot transfer my contact to the car), Telephone Function (This is another key function), USB Connection for Audio Playback (I'll love to have this), Audio Playback via Bluetooth (Current Hand phone can work with this but no music/song info display)and Office functionAny friends here have experience to share?Cheers

 

[Chee Huat]

Wow!
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[rattlesnake1982]

iPhone


Aku ade bmw lori ko ade?

 

[jwah]

Samsung s3/s4/note 2, can read sms also

 

[Batman78]

I am using I-Phone 5 to pair with my E90 325i... no problems so far.. works really well on the phone book contacts, songs, etc.

 

[Chee Huat]

iPhone


Aku ade bmw lori ko ade?

Thank you Bro. rattlesnake1982

 

[Chee Huat]

Samsung s3/s4/note 2, can read sms also

Thank you Bro. jwah.

But can Samsung Note 2 use with BMW Live?

I tried but seems not working (The icon for data transfer show active)

 

[magpie]

i am also using Iphone5 and everything works accept sms. So far sms only works with Samsung and it doesnt work with HTC.

 

[wideawake]

i am also using Iphone5 and everything works accept sms. So far sms only works with Samsung and it doesnt work with HTC.

E90 with CCC or CIC i-drive?

 

[jwah]

need to open hot spot for bluetooth

 

[tIANcI]

If use Bluetooth in your car careful ya. If carry wife and your gf or mistress calls ... KANTOI!!!

 

[bash]

Samsung s3/s4/note 2, can read sms also

really? how?

 

[Chee Huat]

I am using I-Phone 5 to pair with my E90 325i... no problems so far.. works really well on the phone book contacts, songs, etc.

Bro. Batman78, your I-Drive screen can show the song's name?

 

[Chee Huat]

If use Bluetooth in your car careful ya. If carry wife and your gf or mistress calls ... KANTOI!!!

Hahaha! That's the negative point on Bluetooth handfree in the car. ^_^

 

[jwah]

Got few naughty friends calling, all starting with F words...no good no good...family onboard, bluetooth off

 

[rattlesnake1982]

Onli Bluetooth when driving alone or with friends la. Not with HM or own kids...
Tianci, I think most people driving Bmw here are playa, they should now how to play the game la....hehe


Aku ade bmw lori ko ade?

 

[saat]

Do not go for HTC

 

[magpie]

E90 with CCC or CIC i-drive?

Mine with CIC i-drive.

 

[Chee Huat]

Do not go for HTC

Why? Brother saat?

 

[saat]

I had been a long fan of HTC since their days as 02.

I has some issues with HTC HD on my E90 Bluetooth. So I upgraded to HTC HD2. The list of problems increased to 13. Most of the problem was on connectivity and interface The problems were escalated to the local distributor and they couldn't do anything. AB, HTC local dtstributor and myself tried with another HTC HD2 ands other 3 series, the problems persisted. But when we tried with other HTC models, there wern't as many problems. I escalated it to HTC Taiwan and they in turn blamed it on BMW. HTC refused to accept liability and provide a fix or a replacement.

Even when I bought an E90 LCI, the problems persisted. In the end, all I could use it was for answering calls. I abandon HTC and went to an iPhone and all the problems disappeared on both the pre and post LCI E90s.

HTC lost a long time loyal Customer for good.

Why? Brother saat?