The screens had to change to allow multiple touch points so pinch to zoom and similar features would work like your phone. It's not a capacitive vs resistive or screen resolution change, it is merely for better touch control. And all of these units are 800×400 resolution so no, they will never look as good as most high end hd phones do now. Unless you are sold on android auto, or pioneer decides to update features before releasing the new units, there is nothing better about the 2015 units. The avh units got more and better updates than the nex units. The 1700-5700 now have nex gui, 3 wa