hifilover1979
Bigger than you...
The other plus of stand-alone units is position.
I have always used mine low down to my right - visually just above my right hand on the wheel. WAY safer IMO, than anywhere else, not least down in the dash somewhere. TVs that can be on while driving are illegal in the dash, but not sat' nav's.................odd.
Yup; hate the positioning of the head unit in my E39s (all of them, same with the E38s); low down in the middle, under the front middle vents etc... Means you have to completely take your eyes off the road to view the screen etc
I'ver a solid genuine Samsung 'phablet' phone holder that I've had for years now (since the dates of the Samsung Note 4 IIRC) and it's brilliant; fits the screen no issues and I have it in the middle and low as I can without it touching the dash & that's perfect for me; not in the way and not intrusive etc