What kind of phone do you use?

[Arizona Willie]

This poll will be open for 7 days.

Thank you for participating

 

[Trips]

One day in and the Galaxy S10 is working great as a key. My last phone worked about 5% of the time and I finally gave up even trying.

 

[Moze1021]

One day in and the Galaxy S10 is working great as a key. My last phone worked about 5% of the time and I finally gave up even trying.

What was your last phone?

 

[voip-ninja]

What was your last phone?

 

[JLFORBES]

Samsung Note9 and it is working well. So did my Note8...

 

[nvx1977]

Pixel 1. Works meh as key. Car seems to have issues detecting its proximity a lot. BT signal easily dampened in thick pockets.

 

[e-FTW]

iPhone, never failed once as a key.

 

[ArcticStation]

Pixel 3XL--So far it has been bulletproof.

 

[Pandawan]

A Twilight Huawei P20 Pro

 

[buckerine]

iPhone XS Max. Flawless so far as a key.

 

[E-Powah]

Pixel 1. Works meh as key. Car seems to have issues detecting its proximity a lot. BT signal easily dampened in thick pockets.

I have the same problem! Not sure if my issue is car related or phone related though as my Pixel has its own set of issues hah.

 

[nvx1977]

I have the same problem! Not sure if my issue is car related or phone related though as my Pixel has its own set of issues hah.

Most likely it's the phone. Pixel 3 and 3XL seems to work flawlessly from what I've seen anecdotally here on the forums. @SDKoala and I tried to work through some of the Pixel's issues together. He recently moved on to a Pixel 3 and things just work. No changes on the car side. My theory is that the car is having a hard time "hearing" the phone's broadcasts, so it's hit or miss. If you're standing at the wrong corner of the car, or you're turned the wrong way, or you're wearing jeans, etc. the car can't tell how far away you are. But if you see that the phone is BT-connected, hitting the unlock button always works.

There are also edge cases where something about the phone-car connection gets corrupted, and then nothing works until you toggle BT or airplane mode, but I find that error condition to be quite rare these days. It's just proximity woes.

 

[Trips]

What was your last phone?

I was on a 5 year old Motorola Droid Turbo. It would take 2 minutes to wake the car up and the key never worked. I tried every trick and tip for it. The new phone took a few seconds to wake up the car the last two mornings.

I never thought a phone upgrade would make my car better.

 

[Moze1021]

Pixel 1. Works meh as key. Car seems to have issues detecting its proximity a lot. BT signal easily dampened in thick pockets.

I have the same problem! Not sure if my issue is car related or phone related though as my Pixel has its own set of issues hah.

Ahh I have Pixel 1 too and was trying to hold out for Pixel 4.... but planning to take delivery on my Model 3 in June and might just have to upgrade the phone at the same time if there really are issues...

 

[SalisburySam]

IPhone6 and iPhoneSE, both work well for all but Summon for whatever reason.

 

[tashtibet]

may be it's hard to believe me but I use the key card only!

 

[mnevar]

Pixel 2 XL. Never failed.
Wife has Pixel 3. Never failed.

 

[Foxhound199]

I've repeatedly seen people proudly proclaiming that the vast majority of people who would buy a Tesla would of course have an iphone. I have no idea what that's even supposed to mean, but I'm glad this poll so far is more in line with what I would expect.

 

[nvx1977]

Ahh I have Pixel 1 too and was trying to hold out for Pixel 4.... but planning to take delivery on my Model 3 in June and might just have to upgrade the phone at the same time if there really are issues...

I think you should still hold off for Pixel 4. The phone key issues can be annoying but not unbearable. I'm actually planning to hold out for Pixel 4 as well. With phone costs the way they are, it doesn't feel right to be upgrading so frequently anymore.

 

[S4WRXTTCS]

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