USB-C touch screen VS a tablet

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Yikes, hopefully this is wrong. Just a flat out miss if true.
If the constant feed is the only issue, I’m sure there are work arounds. I just wanted to know if a double DIN would physically fit into it, but after asking in different ways to different reps, they’re not giving me any real details about that yet.
 

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If the constant feed is the only issue, I’m sure there are work arounds. I just wanted to know if a double DIN would physically fit into it, but after asking in different ways to different reps, they’re not giving me any real details about that yet.
Sure, but I would imagine most consumers feel that some sort of audio and/or display is pretty much a need these days (not all, I know! Some appreciate the lack). Offering a plug+play solution for customers to have it running day 1? Great. Finding "workarounds"? Not so good.
 

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I could be completely wrong about this, but I believe SA has said that if the user wants to have a infotainment-like screen in the vehicle that displays the vehicle's data, it needs to run the Slate app, which means a tablet computer is required, Android or iOS.

A monitor is not a computer, it's just a screen that attaches to a computer.

However, if what you are thinking of is running said Slate app on your phone, but having it mirror to the larger monitor, I suppose that might be possible.

But why? Why not just get a tablet? They run all the apps you could ever want and it eliminates the mirroring BS.
Then you would have another data plan for it kinda kills the trying to do the cheaper thing. Might as well get a name brand truck and get a subscription.
 

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If the dash fits a double din, or 2 single dins, and is the same all the way across, I can envision someone filling it with buttons, knobs and lights. a couple of radios, 8 track, cassette, cd changer, CB, SW, and more, all the way across the dash.
 

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If the dash fits a double din, or 2 single dins, and is the same all the way across, I can envision someone filling it with buttons, knobs and lights. a couple of radios, 8 track, cassette, cd changer, CB, SW, and more, all the way across the dash.
I was honestly planning on a Uniden Bearcat 880 and a Baofeng GMRS-50v2. Gives me a CB radio, receive only scanner for police/fire/ems, and GMRS communications. Both are single DIN and I had been thinking of putting them behind the seats, but now that you mention it, in the dash behind the panels would be pretty cool too. Stack them one on top of the other.
 

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I was honestly planning on a Uniden Bearcat 880 and a Baofeng GMRS-50v2. Gives me a CB radio, receive only scanner for police/fire/ems, and GMRS communications. Both are single DIN and I had been thinking of putting them behind the seats, but now that you mention it, in the dash behind the panels would be pretty cool too. Stack them one on top of the other.
What are you plans for mounting antennas for these two radios?
 
 
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