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TomTom GO 620 Navigation Device 6 Inches $244 Delivered @ Amazon DE via AU

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TomTom GO 620 Navigation Device 6 Inches $244 Delivered @ Amazon DE via AUAffiliate
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Map updates at no additional cost (Europe pre-installed, other maps e.g. USA must be downloaded beforehand see technical data sheet) via Wi-Fi; no computer is required
Stay connected while driving without distraction from traffic: your TomTom GO can read you text messages from your phone - your hands stay on the wheel and your view on the road
Activate and talk to Siri or Google Now: you get direct access to your personal smartphone assistant and your phone can stay safely stored in the bag
Benefit from the powerful hands-free function while driving: your TomTom GO has been developed for first-class hands-free calling in the car; simply connect to your phone
GO 620 Active Magnetic Holder Car Charger USB Cable Documentation
Note: Europe map is pre-installed and other maps can be downloaded and installed for free.

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  • Dimatoid on 22/11/2024 - 12:22
    +7

    Is there still a market for these?

    It feels like any phone with Waze is better in just about every way.

    • PennyPincher11 on 22/11/2024 - 12:26
      +2

      Waze>Everything else

      • bbtlovebbt on 22/11/2024 - 12:29

        IGo is the best.

    • bargaino on 22/11/2024 - 12:41
      +1

      What you want (if not built in to car) is a Carplay / Android Auto box. It lets you run Waze but with a large dash-mount display.

    • DoyA on 22/11/2024 - 13:11
      +4

      phone is A-GPS that need mobile signal to work properly, these are real GPS that are more reliable in rural area

      • Grok on 22/11/2024 - 13:25

        Both Apple Maps and Google Maps work fine off-line. You can download whole regions to your phone.

        • DoyA on 22/11/2024 - 13:48
          +1

          you talking about MAP, I am talking about the GPS locationing function though

          • Grok on 22/11/2024 - 14:39

            @DoyA: Are you arguing some sort of esoteric point because GPS on a phone is independent of being online for the mapping.

            Off line Apple Maps works as good or better than a Tom Tom.

            • DoyA on 22/11/2024 - 15:00

              @Grok: you still dont get what I mean, obv you lack some basic GPS knowledge, do some research before you come back and argue here

              • Grok on 22/11/2024 - 17:18
                +1

                @DoyA: No, I have basic GPS knowledge.

                I use Apple Maps regularly to navigate with downloaded maps, I just turned off Wifi and cellular and it still works. Most of the others work similarly.

                So you can continue to argue obtuse technical points but I can still do what I said I could do,

        • greenie4242 on 22/11/2024 - 16:18

          Google Maps absolutely DOES NOT work offline if you require navigation. The people who say what you do have never been stuck in the middle of nowhere with no mobile signal and had it bring up the "Navigation requires an active data connection" message.

          I can download an offline map to show me where I am so I'm not technically lost, but but it's no use to me while I'm driving trying to find my way back to civilisation.

          I just tried using it. I turned off mobile data and tried navigating from Redfern Station to Carriageworks, and Google Maps says "Can't reach the Internet - Check your connection and try again" despite me having an offline map already downloaded. It can locate Carriageworks on the map but can't get me there. Just tried it with the Sydney Opera House, same deal. Can see where it is, but don't know how to get there.

      • BBF on 22/11/2024 - 16:41
        -1

        Totally wrong.
        Almost every android phone has real GPS built in. Plus glonass, beidou, galileo etc.
        I use Organic map & OsmAnd totally offline. No issues with location at all. A whole day walking around a city or driving 500km with plenty of stops. No mobile data, no wifi required. Don't use google maps as it isn't properly offline.

        To help educate you, phones use a-gps to speed up satellite lock. So they don't need to listen for all the postion data. The gps chip does location stuff.

        • DoyA on 22/11/2024 - 17:01

          Not my obligation to EDUCATE you. But go search A-GPS vs GPS and what module does a phone use vs what these use, if you really want some real knowledge before you assume you know more than I do and claim I was wrong. My point is not you cant use it offline, my point is you wont get as accurate/timingly locationing when using AGPS which is on you bloody phone offline, than what is called GPS on these navigators.

          • BBF on 24/11/2024 - 13:10

            @DoyA: I think you are confused or not explaining why you think tomtoms are better than phones. Phones have gps chips and use a-gps.

            If I am offline (no mobile and wifi), flush my gps cache and agps assist data. It won't know where I am, as expected. After about 30 seconds (this has definitley improved over the years from two or more minutes), once it acquires enough satellite locations and timings, I get an accurate fix, purely by using satellite gps.

            agps is purely a shortcut to gathering satellite info, thereby speeding up your first location fix. A phone can behave just like a stand alone gps unit. Accurate to within a few metres. Phones don't need agps to work.

            • DoyA on 24/11/2024 - 14:28

              @BBF: You can think whatever you think, wont bother me. But when I pick the gear, I would take consideration such as the GPS module phones have vs these Navigator have (technology, chipset, sensor, attenna…). Personal experience that the trip I had to NZ, there were a couple of cases that my old TomTom 520 knows where I am while both our iphone and poco 3 failed. One location was around that hobbiton from memory if you interested

              • BBF on 28/11/2024 - 15:37

                @DoyA: Upgrade your phone to something decent. If your phones can't fix a gps location, they are either rubbish or faulty.
                My three motorolas work perfectly & quickly with gps offline. One is a 2015 model and it knows where I am.

                I have travelled quite extensively and relied soley on offline phone gps & maps with no issues.
                To name a few to show coverage. China, Iran, Uzbekistan, Spain, Romania, Jordan, Israel, USA, Croatia, Malta. Whether in a city or rural, my lock was solid and accurate to the streets & landmarks. The phones beat the pants off my tomtom, mainly because it can't get maps for most of these places.

                Each to their own. But phones are not less accurate than tomtoms and the beauty of phones is that I can have two or three different maps, depending on my use case. No data, no wifi no worries.

    • whozmr on 22/11/2024 - 13:15
      +5

      As a provisional driver, I still need this because we can't use phone in NSW.
      Also, it has an offline map, which is more reliable.

  • JeBs on 22/11/2024 - 12:31
    -5

    I’m certain there are no Australian maps included and they can’t be downloaded to device. Hence the reason they’re no longer sold over here.

    • DoyA on 22/11/2024 - 12:37

      you mean this model only right? my 520 is still getting updates

      • JeBs on 22/11/2024 - 13:04
        -3

        You can’t possibly be receiving updates for the Australian maps - perhaps it’s just the base software. There’s a good reason they stopped selling them in Australia.

        I love Tom Tom maps, so if I’m wrong, I’m buying one!

        • DoyA on 22/11/2024 - 13:08
          +2

          dont know about 620, but my 520 still getting frequent map updates. Base software wise, only got one last year from memory.

        • Halfpea on 22/11/2024 - 13:19

          My 620 gets map updates. I have world maps and they all update including Australia.

          I use TomTom because of the live traffic. I got this version when it first came out a few years ago and the battery actually died earlier on this year and I was going to purchase one from Germany but then realised you could buy the batteries for next to nothing So I purchased one and I successfully opened the 620, changed the battery and now it's as good as new.

          If it has world maps you will definitely get updates over here. It's just the support that has gone. I can't do without the traffic and will loath the day TomTom stops working over here.

          I don't like the phone app which is just as good because it cuts into what I'm listening to when it gives instructions.

        • try2bhelpful on 22/11/2024 - 13:31

          Our Tom Tom Go 620 had its last Australia map update 09/2024.

          • JeBs on 22/11/2024 - 14:57

            @try2bhelpful: This is good news. Think what I read prior, was that Tom Tom refused to honour their lifetime maps guarantee - which is still concerning as I guess they’ll just drop support of this unit when they feel fit and then no more updates. I still like Tom Tom maps over Garmin as the maps look comical and illogical on the latter IMO.

            • try2bhelpful on 22/11/2024 - 17:31

              @JeBs: The lifetime maps comes with a caveat that it is the "life of the product". They stopped updating our previous tom tom device because it ran out of memory for map updates. We got a discount so we could upgrade to our current one. Even the old one is OK for most places.

              We just like that we aren't running down the battery on our phones when we are navigating. Also if you are travelling along you might want your phone as a camera at the same time as you need a navigation device. Happy to use what we've got and then make a decision if this one craps out.

        • PukeyLuke on 22/11/2024 - 14:00
          +1

          I love Tom Tom maps, so if I’m wrong, I’m buying one!

          Well you now know where you can get one for $244!!

  • ice666 on 22/11/2024 - 12:35
    +2

    This thing actually still exist?

  • try2bhelpful on 22/11/2024 - 12:46

    Not sure I would buy a new one but we still use our current one in preference to phone versions.

  • futaris on 22/11/2024 - 12:57

    https://www.tomtom.com/en_au/navigation/maps-services/map-up…

    That being said, you could probably buy a second hand one from CeX or similar for less than 100 AUD.

  • wfdTamar on 22/11/2024 - 12:58

    That has to be near end of life surely so likely will stop getting updates. I've had to stop using so many TomTom's just because they consider them dead.

  • ozehunter on 22/11/2024 - 14:11

    I have a Go 520 model which is 3 years old it and it is getting close to end of life. foreign models get maps and updates but no safety cameras for Australia be careful

    • YadaYadaYada on 22/11/2024 - 14:13

      Didn't it come with lifetime maps? My 520 did and it's still updating.

    • Halfpea on 24/11/2024 - 19:46

      My 620 has fixed and mobile cameras and updates almost every week.

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