Originally Posted By: thescreensavers
Originally Posted By: bubbatime
Try to drive around the great smokey mountains with a phone based GPS. There are hundreds of square miles with no cell towers at all. You will have zero maps the entire time, and a functionally useless GPS. The old fashioned GPS will work fine. I have a prepared mindset, so I keep a spare in the glove box at all times. its a backup to the car GPS, which is a backup to the phone GPS.
When was the last time you drove with a phone? Back when I had my DroidX in 2010 I used google maps in Colorado going into the mountains, it would continue to function but, would not reroute.
Now within the last few years you can download offline maps of areas you'll be so it will reroute you. Obviously if you do not have cell reception it will not know traffic details but will still work just fine.
Pretty much how it works.
Originally Posted By: bubbatime
Try to drive around the great smokey mountains with a phone based GPS. There are hundreds of square miles with no cell towers at all. You will have zero maps the entire time, and a functionally useless GPS. The old fashioned GPS will work fine. I have a prepared mindset, so I keep a spare in the glove box at all times. its a backup to the car GPS, which is a backup to the phone GPS.
When was the last time you drove with a phone? Back when I had my DroidX in 2010 I used google maps in Colorado going into the mountains, it would continue to function but, would not reroute.
Now within the last few years you can download offline maps of areas you'll be so it will reroute you. Obviously if you do not have cell reception it will not know traffic details but will still work just fine.
Pretty much how it works.