Originally Posted by Lexobu

This is one car feature that wont seem to go away that really seems like it should, or at least become non-standard. Most people have a smart phone now, and I would much rather use it for navigation than my car. If I'm with some people and we're deciding where to go while in a restaurant I can queue up the route, know where I'm going before I get in the car, and don't have to take the time to program a route. I don't have to worry about updates because Google Maps is free and works really well, and it also works offline if I were to drive through a route with no reception. Nav screens are bigger, and tend to be placed in convenient spots, but for me the cost to benefit ratio of this just doesn't make sense.

It seems to me like car companies have nav makers in their back pockets, and just put these in to jack up prices.