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- Top features: – Built-in WiFi to get the latest map updates and more – TomTom Road Trips lets you personalise your route – Hear your texts out loud through the Sat Nav – Speed camera updates help keep you safe on the road Built-in WiFiAlways know where you’re going with the TomTom GO Basic 5″ Sat Nav. Featuring built-in WiFi, you’ll be able to keep all your European maps up to date so you can get all the latest road and street name updates. You’ll never have to get lost in the Scottish highlands or the middle France ever again.TomTom Road TripsFrom your weekend getaway to a full-blown European adventure, you can use TomTom Road Trips to personalise your route for you. Go down specific roads to see all the hot spots and create memories to last a lifetime, all from the comfort of your car.Hear your texts out loudIf you’re driving and get a text, you won’t need to wait until you stop the car to know what it says. Thanks to Bluetooth pairing, it can read it out to you. So you can keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.Speed camera updatesGet advanced warnings on your TomTom GO and stay prepared. It will give you three months of speed camera updates so you can stay in the know of speed limits, especially if they’ve changed since the last time you travelled. You can easily continue your subscription through TomTom at an additional cost.You can also stay connected to the TomTom services via Bluetooth on your smartphone. It’ll give you real-time traffic updates so you can always be one step ahead of the busy queues. Perfect for anyone pressed for time.What are free Lifetime Maps? You don’t want to be driving through the town centre when there’s a newly built bypass. Keep updated with changes to roads, junctions, addresses, and points of interest. With free Lifetime Maps you can download a full update of your maps at least four times a year. Updates are free of charge and provided for the useful life of the device (i.e. as long as the manufacturer supports it with software updates, services, content, or accessories).
- Product codes: 636926100410
- Model number: 10179950
- Product ID 1: 22070060587
- Product ID 2: 10179950
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TOMTOM GO Basic 5″ Sat Nav is available currently from Currys for just £149.99, which is a great deal but we’re going to dive a little deeper into the price to explain why it’s such a good deal.
To help understand the average price you should expect to pay for Sat Nav we analysed the price of every product in that category. The average was £191.73. But perhaps more importantly you’d also want to know what you would expect to pay for a particular brand, so we also analysed the average price you would pay for a product from TomTom. The average was £137.61. But that perhaps isn’t the fairest analysis because we know that TomTom make more than just Sat Nav. So we went a step further and analysed the average price of TomTom Sat Nav, this was £186.77. So you can see that TOMTOM GO Basic 5″ Sat Nav is a bargain at £149.99. Especially when you look at the table below which shows you the average price of products with certain features and specs. For example you’d expect to pay £156.33 for a product meeting the Type: Car spec.
Specification / Price Comparison
Feature | Spec | Comment |
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Type | Car | The average price of Sat Nav with this Type spec is £148.98 |
Screen | 5Û touchscreen | The average price of Sat Nav with this Screen spec is £156.33 |
Resolution | 480 x 272p | The average price of Sat Nav with this Resolution spec is £170.49 |
Screen features | Tap & Go | The average price of Sat Nav with this Screen features spec is £134.95 |
Included maps | Full Europe | The average price of Sat Nav with this Included maps spec is £226.02 |
Countries included | Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City, United Kingdom & main roads of Bulgaria, Latvia, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey. Connecting Roads: Albania, Belarus, BosniaHerzegovina Macedonia, Moldavia, Ukraine | The average price of Sat Nav with this Countries included spec is £209.99 |
On-map features | – Current speed – Average speed – Speed camera positions |
The average price of Sat Nav with this On-map features spec is £166.66 |
Lifetime map updates | Yes | The average price of Sat Nav with this Lifetime map updates spec is £196.91 |
Map upgrades | Upgrades a minimum of 4 times per year | The average price of Sat Nav with this Map upgrades spec is £149.99 |
Traffic updates | Yes | The average price of Sat Nav with this Traffic updates spec is £214.78 |
Free Lifetime Traffic | Yes | The average price of Sat Nav with this Free Lifetime Traffic spec is £214.70 |
Route planning features | – Fastest – Shortest – Most economical |
The average price of Sat Nav with this Route planning features spec is £137.49 |
Route editing | Yes | The average price of Sat Nav with this Route editing spec is £201.59 |
Pre-planned computer routing | TomTom MyDrive | The average price of Sat Nav with this Pre-planned computer routing spec is £219.99 |
Speed camera alerts | Yes | The average price of Sat Nav with this Speed camera alerts spec is £209.89 |
Speed camera updates | Includes 3 months trial | The average price of Sat Nav with this Speed camera updates spec is £149.99 |
Lane guidance | Advanced lane guidance | The average price of Sat Nav with this Lane guidance spec is £192.30 |
Junction view | No | The average price of Sat Nav with this Junction view spec is £185.99 |
Street view | No | The average price of Sat Nav with this Street view spec is £206.55 |
Points of interest | Yes | The average price of Sat Nav with this Points of interest spec is £219.63 |
Voice customisation features | Additional voices available via TomTom website | The average price of Sat Nav with this Voice customisation features spec is £264.99 |
Voice languages included | 27 languages | The average price of Sat Nav with this Voice languages included spec is £201.66 |
Tethering facility | Tethers via smartphone | The average price of Sat Nav with this Tethering facility spec is £244.99 |
Bluetooth | Yes | The average price of Sat Nav with this Bluetooth spec is £652.81 |
Smartphone compatibility | – iPhone iOS – Android – Windows Your smartphone needs to be compatible and come with a data plan. Extra costs may apply – please check with your provider and the manufacturer for more information. |
The average price of Sat Nav with this Smartphone compatibility spec is £149.99 |
PC connectivity | – WiFi – USB |
The average price of Sat Nav with this PC connectivity spec is £149.99 |
App | TomTom MyDrive | The average price of Sat Nav with this App spec is £164.99 |
App features | – Plan routes – Check live traffic – Save favourites – Route and POI editing |
The average price of Sat Nav with this App features spec is £149.99 |
App store | – App Store – Google Play |
The average price of Sat Nav with this App store spec is £144.99 |
Reviews of TOMTOM GO Basic 5″ Sat Nav
Reading customer reviews will of course be a big part of your decision on whether to buy TOMTOM GO Basic 5″ Sat Nav or another alternative. We’d advise reading reviews from trusted sources like ao.com or Currys, for the obvious reason that you know the people adding the reviews are verified buyers. Likewise we also suggest only buying from trusted online sources too, chances are, if you’ve found a deal that seems too good to be true, it probably is. Having a quick reference score/rating is also really useful as a benchmark to deciding between two products, we provide a score out of 10 for our reviews based on customer feedback from Currys. TOMTOM GO Basic 5″ Sat Nav scored an incredible out of 10, thanks to the feedback from customer reviews. You can read these by clicking the “Read Full Review” button that’s hovering on the bottom of your screen now.
Alternatives to TOMTOM GO Basic 5″ Sat Nav
As you can imagine, there’s absolutely loads of choice when it comes to buying Sat Nav. In fact there’s 39 products available in the Sat Nav category at Currys. There are also 27 products available from TomTom. And 19 items from TomTom in the Sat Nav category. So it’s not surprising that many people feel overwhelmed by choice, our advice is to not get too bogged down in comparing every product out there. Instead choose a brand, style, budget and pick some key features that you consider to be a ‘must’ as that will really help you to filter down the amount of choice available.
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