Comment by sphars

3 years ago

I have a 2017 Civic, and based on the info in the OP, it's the same as the 2021 models, and yes, it's severely dated.

Though it's Android 4.4, which gives me some nostalgia from my Nexus 4 and the Holo era of Android

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expertentipp  3 years ago

Awww nostalgia hits... some very very long time ago I was working on software tested on KitKat. It's better not to mention it during interviews otherwise will be dismissed as a dinosaur.

  • hparadiz  3 years ago

    I have it on my 2020 civic and at least it doesn't lag. Problem with newer builds is the inevitable creep of increased CPU and memory usage until eventually perfectly good hardware is no longer able to run anything.

    • librick  3 years ago

      Yea I tend to have pretty high memory usage, including when I was running close to stock (i.e., before installing a bunch of third-party apps). My model didn't come with a built-in GPS app, but I was told that the next trim up/more expensive model did. I think more expensive trims came with headunits with more RAM (I think 4GB?) but I can't confirm. It'd be great to see a PR from someone with better hardware to see the actual headunit differences between trims

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    • dom96  3 years ago

      yep, I also have a 2020 Civic and the software actually is alright, though perhaps my expectations were set really low by the amount of hate I read about the software online. But hey, it supports CarPlay just fine (although does have some weird graphical artifacts sometimes) and the screen is responsive enough which is all that I really want.

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empyrrhicist  3 years ago

Nexus 4 was a great phone. Honestly I don't remember it being particularly slower than my more recent phones, since most of what I do is browse the web, listen to music, and watch YouTube videos.

I bet on today's web it would feel quite slow though, because everything is terrible.

  • sphars  3 years ago

    I still have my Nexus 4 as a backup device, now running whatever the latest version of Lineage is offered for it (15.1, based on Android 8).

    Still works okay, a little slow, and the battery only lasts a couple hours. A great phone back in its day.