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      04-21-2015, 03:12 AM   #10
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The iDrive controller isn't going away. Touch will be an additional way to interact with ConnectedDrive, along with the gestures.

There are a couple use cases in my daily driving where I'd appreciate a touchscreen, for instance dialing a phone number. For everything else the controller is just fine.

All touch, like I had in my Tesla, was not the greatest user experience. Some of the targets were too small. I can't remember how many times I accidentally hung up on someone or selected the wrong track.

This will be the best of both worlds.
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