GPS units are way overpriced. The signal processing and navigation is now mature technology, and the cost of the screens has plummeted. There is no reason for these receivers to cost the same as a dual-core desktop PC. Eventually, commodity pricing will kick-in.
GPS units seldom ever sell for MSRP. Typically they sell for much less. Take the Garmin nuvi 250 and 350 for example ($429 and $536 MSRP respectively) and they've been widely selling for $359 and $449 for a while even here in Canada and some places even throw in the Garmin leather case (I would imagine even a more competitive street pricing south of the border).
I agree, even with those prices they're still too much it seems. But they're nothing compared to the option to have GPS factory built-in to the car. Here it's somewhere in the 2-3k range which is absurdly expensive.
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GPS units are way overpriced. The signal processing and navigation is now mature technology, and the cost of the screens has plummeted. There is no reason for these receivers to cost the same as a dual-core desktop PC. Eventually, commodity pricing will kick-in.
GPS units seldom ever sell for MSRP. Typically they sell for much less. Take the Garmin nuvi 250 and 350 for example ($429 and $536 MSRP respectively) and they've been widely selling for $359 and $449 for a while even here in Canada and some places even throw in the Garmin leather case (I would imagine even a more competitive street pricing south of the border).
I agree, even with those prices they're still too much it seems. But they're nothing compared to the option to have GPS factory built-in to the car. Here it's somewhere in the 2-3k range which is absurdly expensive.