fred_jb
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Now you're just being argumentative. The 'facts' I refer to are that a mobile phone SatNav app doesn't have to rely on downloading, i.e. on-line maps. They are also cheaper than a dedicated device and you can simply get a new app when you wish, whereas with a dedicated device, you simply cannot swap the interface etc for anything else. These are incontrovertible facts.
My opinions are exactly that, but based on real world experience that I clearly described. What occurred in each case is similarly fact. My opinions have subsequently been formed by those actual events and experiences. I am simply passing on my not inconsiderable experience and subsequent opinions to others in the hope that it might assist them in their own decision making - either way.
Your scaremongering regarding "total failure of an expensive smart-phone in elevated temperatures" is however about as far from 'fact' as you can get really, totally based on your own fears and not supported by my own actual experiences like an entire week in France when I don't think the temperature dropped below 40°C. We all baked, but not one phone failure.
I'm not laughing at any of this. Just don't really see the need to prolong the argument.
I would tend to agree about the overheating phone fears as I haven't experienced that either. However, some phones do get quite hot when using GPS and also from charging, and the power consumption when using GPS location services means you may have to have it connected to a charger if you want to be able to use it all day. My Android phone does not overheat despite being connected to a fast charge adaptor, but is water resistant so is only mounted in a thin one sided case with Quadlock attached and therefore gets a reasonable amount of cooling breeze when moving. Maybe iPhones are more prone to overheating? I can imagine that if you put the phone in a thick waterproof case then there could be overheating issues, and a resident of Greece on another forum I frequent has had this exact problem, and I seem to remember that was with an iPhone.
Fred