993, IBM company launched a touch screen mobile phone called Simo, which shocked the world. The mobile phone can achieve independent touch operation in a completely sense with a stylus pen, which has extraordinary significance in the history of the development of touch screen mobile phones.
In 2007, Apple released the first generation iPhone. The "multi-touch" technology it uses greatly improved the operating accuracy and reaction speed of touch screens. It is a revolutionary technological breakthrough. That year was also known as the first year of touch screen mobile phones.
To this day, smartphones on the market have basically been dominated by "touch screen". Not only that, under the wave of electrification and intelligence, Even cars cannot escape the fate of "touch screen".
Early, this change was only reflected in the car systems that interact the most with drivers and passengers. For example, those large-screen cars with touch functions replaced the original radios full of buttons. The emergence of smart large-screen devices enriched the original single in-car entertainment functions, and the accompanying navigation and other functions were also more practical. Therefore, in the early days when the touch screen "invaded" the car, most people actually had a positive attitude towards it.
But slowly, as the physical keys in the car are constantly cancelled, problems follow one after another. Compared with physical buttons with clear feedback and clear position, when using touch screens for operation, the fuzzy feel often requires people to spend more energy to confirm whether the "operation" is successful. Especially for some low-end models, due to the cost, the quality and sensitivity of the touch screen system used is really average.
To say that the central control screen is fine, the general navigation software is set in advance, and there is no need to adjust frequently during the process. However, for commonly used functions such as air conditioning and window control, canceling the physical buttons is definitely not an ideal choice . In addition to affecting the operating experience, the above problems will not only affect the operating experience, but also cause many safety hazards.
In this way, for consumers, the disadvantages brought by reducing physical buttons are generally greater than the benefits, but why do major manufacturers seem to be very keen on "touch screen" in recent years? Of course it's the cost.
In fact, reducing physical buttons can make the interior design of the car simpler. The fewer buttons pressed by the knob , the less labor required to purchase parts and manufacturing in the early stage, and the situation of related failures will also be reduced in the later stage. In a sense, this reduces the supply chain pressure and the cost of after-sales maintenance to a certain extent, and also leaves consumers with the impression of fewer "small problems". Add some intelligent technology gimmicks to package, and consumers will naturally accept it.
Of course, everything is about two sides. We should look at the advantages and disadvantages of physical keys and touch screens rationally.
For those function keys that use more frequently and require higher functional response speed, such as volume keys, mute keys, air conditioners, defog, double flashing, etc., they should give priority to using physical keys from the perspective of safety and convenience, and use physical keys with higher reliability. For those function keys that prefer multimedia entertainment, emphasizing experience and comfort, touch screens can be introduced, combined with increasingly intelligent cockpit systems, and linking them using voice, gestures, etc. to achieve the functions that drivers and passengers want and bring people a good travel experience.
Therefore, it is definitely not advisable to blindly pursue new things and engage in "touch screen" in cars. It is too conservative and insist on using physical buttons is not completely correct. Only by organically combining the two based on consumer needs can our automotive products become more and more useful.
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