Topic: Blue tooth compatibility in BMW 328

[slybry]

I have a 2011 328 with Blue tooth. The dealer paired my phone for me. I never had blue tooth before and am a novice at this stuff.

I need to replace my old phone. I just want to get a simple phone as all I do is call people and maybe send 30 text messages a year. That is all I do!!! I use a phone as a phone. I was going to get a Nokia C1 from FIDO.

I now found out that there is a chance that phone may not be compatible with the blue tooth in the BMW. I read somewhere that BMW does not plan to offer software upgrades to develop future compatibility with newer phones.

Should I be worried about this? Are the chances good that this new phone will work out just fine.

[tpl]

Park outside the phone store and check the pairing before you take the phone.

One would hope the car specification would state which Bluetooth version is supported ( The current version is 4 since July 2010) and the phone store the same for the phone.

[MD1987]

http://www.bmw.ca/ca/en/owners/navigation/bluetooth/_shared/pdf/BMW_Bluetooth_Tested_List_EN.pdf

This should help. There are phones much older than the Nokia C1 listed there and they work. Also, the C1 does not show up under the issues list.