Double Din Android Unit

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Hey guys,

Does anyone know any decent Double Din units that run on Android? I'm looking at getting one. My price bracket is up to £300 (can stretch a bit more).

It needs to have a USB port on the front panel, and also a 'turnable' volume knob (not a clicky button).

I was interested in the XTRONS TD630A unit, until I started reading reviews - I haven't come across one good review for the XTRONS units, so they're out of the window.

Any suggestions?
 
I was wanting to go for Android for the customisability, and the amount of apps available on that platform.

Was going to have folder sync on so I could pull up on my drive, and auto-sync music from my network over WiFi onto the device.

It also has a lot of ODB support which I was going to have set up on the display.
 
Most of them are Chinese made units that die in a few months, never seen one by a reputable company. You could always look into double dins with mirrorlink, that way you can use your android phone as it was on the double din.
 
Last time I was looking at headunits I gave up looking at Android powered stuff after about 15 minutes as they all looked complete crap.

I also gave up on most double din units entirely as personally I think the UIs on most of them are atrocious, about the only one I found with a nice clean 'OEM style' UI was a blaupunkt unit that was absurdly expensive.

Pioneer's AppRadio now looks a little better than it used to but Android app compatibility is still relatively lacking, however it does now seem to have MirrorLink if you have a compatible device.

http://www.pioneer.eu/uk/products/25/299/35829/SPH-DA110/page.html
 
I don't actually have an Android phone, I have an iPhone (just to further complicate everything, lol).

So, so far it doesn't seem good. I was really looking forward to having a decent Android based unit I could mod/customise etc and setup the way I like it.

Lemonade has pretty much described the XTRONS reviews - apparently they don't last long and have loads of issues :/

I'm actually quite surprised no one has made a decent android based head unit. I think it would sell quite well...
 
I'd been waiting for a decent reasonably priced Android head unit to turn up for years and surprisingly right now there's only one, the Parrot Asteroid.

I'm very tempted to try and permanently install a Nexus 7 like so many others have on Youtube as you can pick up a refurbished 2012 one for around £70 quid, although I'm sure I'd make a mess of it lol.


 
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