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Use built in navigation all the time. I like not having a device hanging on my windshield or having to look at my phone. One of my cars has a 12" LCD screen and I just like to look at the thing.
Some of the aftermarket units are really slick though. Phone navigation is OK, but it seems that the dedicated units do a lot better. A tablet is OK too. I am often in areas where there is no phone service, so having locally accessed map data is essential. You can download offline maps for google maps if needed but you have to do it ahead of time.
Waze will work just fine if you lose data on a route as long as you had it at the start of the route. Can also find you back home from a destination with no signal presuming you used it to get there.
You end up with a huge paperweight in the middle of your dash.
It's a GPS, how many features do you need? Some people just need basic point A to B, it doesn't need to make toast and do the laundry.
How does it stop being relevant?
May or may not break, like any other electronic component.
There are ways to update some factory GPS units that don't cost you a dime after a small outlay. I use a donor Garmin Nuvi with lifetime maps, it's cost was cheaper than buying 1 update from Chrysler. When Garmin releases new maps you copy them to a USB drive, plug it into the car, and it updates itself. My car is 5.5 years old and has current maps, and will until Garmin EOL's the Nuvi.
I haven't had a car with built in Navigation. I tend to just use the portable GPS hand-helds. I have one where the GPS comes with lifetime map updates. GPS on my phone is not free, and if I happen to go through an area where cell service isn't available or spotty at best, the GPS goes out. I don't get that as much with the hand held GPS.
Thank you.
You can get a used Garmin portable GPS with lifetime map updates for cheap money on eb*y.
Use Garmin GPS with lifetime updates and occasionally will use smartphone google maps or waze if I feel the area is too new for the Garmin gps. On many occasions I need to use the phone and gps at the same time so the Garmin is the primary GPS
Use Garmin GPS with lifetime updates and occasionally will use smartphone google maps or waze if I feel the area is too new for the Garmin gps. On many occasions I need to use the phone and gps at the same time so the Garmin is the primary GPS
Thank you . Correct.
Been with passenger with iPhone and some app. Constantly breaking up.
Up here in hill and mountain country - the phone service disappears at times. No issue with my Garmin.
Unless you're old and can't see it, phone. The only place phone GPS is not hands down better is the screen size. Faster, voice commands work better, routes better, never out of date, you can get offline maps if that's necessary.
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