cheap smartphone for use as satnav

chiefnoodle

title says it all - old satnav broke, would like new one with live traffic, but price of dedicated satnav with live traffic horrific :eek:. I don't currently have a smartphone (I've an old nokia 108 I love which has no internet etc), so can't use that, plus many satnavs e.g. garmin's seem to need a smartphone to provide the data for the live traffic.

So what are the options for a cheapo smartphone (or tablet with SIM) which I could use only as a satnav? Can a low spec phone manage or would I be tearing my hair out going round and round the roundabout waiting for it to tell me where to go?

any suggestions gratefully accepted!

markfj

think any smartphone would work, I use Navmii, but there are several out there that would work on most inexpensive smartphones. Just need one that will have enough space to either download the maps to phone, if youre not wanting to use google maps via internet for example

chiefnoodle

markfj wrote: »

think any smartphone would work, I use Navmii, but there are several out there that would work on most inexpensive smartphones. Just need one that will have enough space to either download the maps to phone, if youre not wanting to use google maps via internet for example

even sthg really cheap - eg this one https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8065470 for £35?
Has 1.3GHz processor 0.5GB RAM

how much storage would I need, most phones seem to come with at least 8gb - or that one can have 32gb sd card

or theres this nokia one for £60 - https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8142757
has 1.1GHz processor and 1GB RAM

Thanks a lot!

ballyblack

Much better to have large internal memory on phone than Sd card

Browntoa

I use Waze app on an old 16gb smart phone . I use my main phone as a wifi hotspot via tethering to get traffic updates on Waze

chiefnoodle

ballyblack wrote: »

Much better to have large internal memory on phone than Sd card

so say 8gb internal memory? if no apps other than google maps and waze, would that leave enough room for maps? I just have no idea what type of space would be good for this

Browntoa

8gb with no other apps would be fine

https://www.waze.com/en-GB/download

markfj

if you are not after live traffic too, there halfords have this apparently on sale

https://www.halfords.com/technology/sat-nav/car-sat-nav/binatone-a505-uk-and-roi-sat-nav?cm_mmc=Google+PLA-_-Sat+Nav-_-Car+Sat+Nav-_-230638&istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istItemId=xtilpamait&istBid=tzpr&_$ja=tsid:94971|cid:1537737267|agid:55458181861|tid:pla-329482922539|crid:291898457210|nw:g|rnd:16901384158021699298|dvc:c|adp:1o1|mt:|loc:9044908&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsZL3itjH3wIVBrTtCh2LVQdHEAQYASABEgKSCfD_BwE

cheaper option than the phone, so depends what's more important really

cranford

I have used Waze on a smart phone and its quite easy but if you want live updates I think you will find you will need a sim witha mobile data included in the plan. I would imagine other satnav apps also need mobile data for live data.

stator

A lot of phones have crap GPS.

RumRat

stator wrote: »

A lot of phones have crap GPS.

A lot more have excellent GPS capabilities....