Where do you put your cell phone?
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Where do you put your cell phone?
Awaiting delivery of my 2016 A7. During the test drives I noticed there is not a great spot to put a cell phone. Did I miss something?
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I always take my phone out of my pocket when I drive. I tried the bin in front of the shifter, but I am quite picky and don't like having it open when I drive, so I've gone to just laying the phone in the passenger seat now. If someone is with me I typically do put it in that bin though. I also keep my sunglasses in that bin because the sunglass holder over head sucks.
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Yes Bluetooth is great but ... I must admit that I have a bad habit of picking up the phone from time to time to check for new Texts and/or emails. Just at red lights of course. In my current car the phone fits nicely beside the shifter where I can easily glance down at it.
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Personally, I wish phones would deactivate when the cars start moving - driving would be a hell of a lot safer, but of course "rights would be violated" if that happened. Lol
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Yes Bluetooth is great but ... I must admit that I have a bad habit of picking up the phone from time to time to check for new Texts and/or emails. Just at red lights of course. In my current car the phone fits nicely beside the shifter where I can easily glance down at it.
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It puzzles me that Audi thought of this in the current 4 and 5, but not on any other car. On the 4 and 5 there is a nice slot next to the cup holders that perfectly holds my wallet and cell phone tucked in back to back like a sandwich. It holds in there securely, so I can go canyon carving without the phone sliding all over the place. Everywhere else I end up putting it in the cup holder, but it just slides around in corners. Inside the armrest is the same problem. It just slides around. Audi used to offer cradles, but they were never offered for the latest phones, so they stopped altogether. In Europe there is a phone tray for inside the armrest that also connects the phone to the external antenna through wireless coupling, but the phone still slides around. I guess Audi assumes you'll leave the phone in your pocket or bag.
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Really? That would be great. Is that available in Canada or is that one of those US-only features. (we apparently don't get the Google maps and street view in the Nav as our friends to the south do).