For pure navigation though, the standalone devices are better.

They were faster at the initial calculation of the route, and recalculating was a lot quicker too. Route recalculation did not take more than three to four seconds on the standalone devices, but the phones took up to thirty seconds. The dependence upon a constant Internet connection can be a problem when travelling long distances.

If you already have a phone with GPS capabilities and you want to check out how it works, it's worth buying a subscription to iNav Connect and using it for a while. If you do a lot of driving around though, it's better to buy a standalone device and keep it in the car at all times.

After Navigation, what next?

So now you have a GPS device. You can navigate around the town like a pro, and new cities just don't faze you. It's all very boring. What more can you do?Plenty, as it turns out. Knowing exactly where you are and where you're headed opens up a world of possibilities. And with GPS increasingly becoming a standard feature on mobile phones, there's a lot of software that can do interesting things.