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Differences between 8 and 12”

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I’m looking at ordering my 22 and I’m just trying to see what I would be missing out on sticking with the 8” vs 12” screen.
 
Not much really, if I were to do it again, I'd probably stick with a 8" instead of 12
 
BDarlington said:
I’m looking at ordering my 22 and I’m just trying to see what I would be missing out on sticking with the 8” vs 12” screen.
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The biggest issue is that the UConnect Vehicle Health report is not available ine the 12". Wish I knew for my 21.

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On the phone Uconnect app, I am unable to see any vehicle health reports. After talk with Sirius today, they told me it is because those features are not supported on the 12" Uconnect system. Can anyone confirm that is the case? I have a 2019 Ram 1500 Larmie LongHorn. Thanks in advanced.
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However, I read that the '22 HDs will have the new I connect 5.0 upgrade which looks cool.

Can anyone confirm if the UC 5.0 will support vehicle health report on the 12"?


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I like my 12” so far, it just looks pleasing to the eye after you wipe all the fingerprints off it. That said the 8” is perfectly fine. Definitely doesn’t do anything amazing above the 8” and if you prefer buttons over touch controls you’ll want the 8”


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Sir Snacksalot said:
I like my 12” so far, it just looks pleasing to the eye after you wipe all the fingerprints off it. That said the 8” is perfectly fine. Definitely doesn’t do anything amazing above the 8” and if you prefer buttons over touch controls you’ll want the 8”


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To expand what I have said in my previous reply, only the top half (therefore 6") is useful for runing google/apple maps or viewing the back-up camera. 12" only uses the full screen for stock navigation maps (and it looks amazing) which I hardly ever use as they're really not as good as my google maps. The bottom half usually shows the control buttons or the media controls. So because of the split screen, you really are getting a 6" display versus 8.4"
 
I think if UC5 provides the 8.4 capabilities that the existing 12 does not then it would be worthwhile. I had a '20 8.4 and now have a '21 12. Hard to say the 12 is really "better" to be honest.
 
MEGA HO 3500 said:
To expand what I have said in my previous reply, only the top half (therefore 6") is useful for runing google/apple maps or viewing the back-up camera. 12" only uses the full screen for stock navigation maps (and it looks amazing) which I hardly ever use as they're really not as good as my google maps. The bottom half usually shows the control buttons or the media controls. So because of the split screen, you really are getting a 6" display versus 8.4"
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Screen size is measured on the diagonal so it's just the hypotenuse of a right triangle. So you can't say that a 12" screen is just two 6" screens. I haven't researched or measured actual screen dimensions, but coming from an 8.4 to a 12, the 12 to my eyeball looks like having two 8.4's.

I like the 12 a lot for road trips where I can have Waze on top and music on the bottom but it doesn't really do anything for me in daily driving around town. It does look impressive though.
 
Pronto said:
Screen size is measured on the diagonal so it's just the hypotenuse of a right triangle. So you can't say that a 12" screen is just two 6" screens. I haven't researched or measured actual screen dimensions, but coming from an 8.4 to a 12, the 12 to my eyeball looks like having two 8.4's.

I like the 12 a lot for road trips where I can have Waze on top and music on the bottom but it doesn't really do anything for me in daily driving around town. It does look impressive though.
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You are of course correct and I take back what I said earlier, however when I test drove the 3500 with 8.4" (before ordering my 3500LTD), the back up camera view appeared quite a bit larger than on the 12" split screen. But this appears to be an illusion.
Doing the calculations, the 12" screen is almost as big as 2x 8.4" screens one underneath another one.
The 8.4" dimensions are 8.6" x 5.6" (dimensions are from quick googling, the actual dimensions may be slightly different)
The 12.1" split in half is 8.0" x 5.65"
So yes it's almost as havcing 2x 8.4"
 
It's a terrible way for auto manufacturers to describe screen size when their screens come in so many different shapes. It's one thing to compare a TV screen that way against another TV with the same aspect ratio, but there is no standard aspect ratio in the automobile industry so that measurement is not worth a hill of beans as a comparative value. It would be nice if they used area instead.
 
I've had both. Functionally, I think the 8" screen is better with it having more physical buttons. Makes it faster to select the most used functions. 12" just looks better.

If apple carplay took advantage of the 12" screen I would recommend the 12" screen without hesitation. Hopefully Apple will update carplay soon to do just that since these large screens are becoming much more common.
 
MEGA HO 3500 said:
You are of course correct and I take back what I said earlier, however when I test drove the 3500 with 8.4" (before ordering my 3500LTD), the back up camera view appeared quite a bit larger than on the 12" split screen. But this appears to be an illusion.
Doing the calculations, the 12" screen is almost as big as 2x 8.4" screens one underneath another one.
The 8.4" dimensions are 8.6" x 5.6" (dimensions are from quick googling, the actual dimensions may be slightly different)
The 12.1" split in half is 8.0" x 5.65"
So yes it's almost as havcing 2x 8.4"
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Did that 3500 with the 8.4 have the 360* cameras?

I rode in a buddie's truck the other day who doesn't have the 360* and his backup cam is nearly full screen on his 12" screen. It was huge compared to the cropped view that I get. Not enough that I'd give up the 360*, but it was a shock.
 
LateToTheParty said:
Did that 3500 with the 8.4 have the 360* cameras?

I rode in a buddie's truck the other day who doesn't have the 360* and his backup cam is nearly full screen on his 12" screen. It was huge compared to the cropped view that I get. Not enough that I'd give up the 360*, but it was a shock.
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You can do that with the 360 cam too. Just select the full backup camera and it will switch.
 
AnthonyD1978 said:
You can do that with the 360 cam too. Just select the full backup camera and it will switch.
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Interesting. I'll give that a try, but last time I did, I still only had it showing on the upper half of the screen with the lower showing climate controls and buttons for surround, cargo, etc...
 
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