Wireless charging - Techno pack

[cuke2u]

I have bought cars with built in satnav for years, I just prefer it to sticking something to my windscreen. Had wireless carplay / android auto been available for my last car purchase I wouldn't have needed to pay extra for satnav.

My guess is that car manufacturers recognise this and are all going to charge extra for carplay shortly.

Sales of satnav's have been dropping since the availability of built-in versions to the point where TomTom are no longer offering updates to several of their models that were advertised as having lifetime updates https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/t...ping-updates-66-sat-nav-models-155004021.html

 

[tickedon]

Sales of satnav's have been dropping since the availability of built-in versions to the point where TomTom are no longer offering updates to several of their models that were advertised as having lifetime updates https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/t...ping-updates-66-sat-nav-models-155004021.html

It was always clear in the marketing what “lifetime” meant: ‘“lifetime” means the “useful life” of a device: “ie: the period of time TomTom supports your device with updates, services, content or accessories. A device will have reached the end of its life when none of these are available any more.”’

Models are pre-2013 (so a good few years of free updates) but it’s true many people purchased them much more recently. I am in two minds about having sympathy for people who either didn’t research it properly or got an old model for a bargain-basement price.

 

[cuke2u]

I'm sympathetic to those who recently purchased devices on the understanding they would be receiving lifetime updates, irrespective of the interpretation if what lifetime means, only to find out they won't.
It is however very true that sales of these devices have plummeted to the point that John Lewis no longer sell them http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/12/end-road-sat-navs-john-lewis-removes-shelves/ and I think this is the real reason why TomTom have made this decision
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17190763