Some interesting divergence of opinion about garmin service standards, but those views are based on experiences at opposite sides of the world - could it be that the garmin backup is variable, depending where you are based?
Also, it seems that if a gps unit is purchased in the far east then it has to be returned there for any service needs; is this a policy elsewhere? If a unit is bought in, say, the States or Europe does it have to go back there for warranty claims? I guess so, going by other types of consumer products.
Yep, the robustness of mobile smart phones remains an issue; I remember a few years ago the ordinary mob phones came in a few different rubber-coated "waterproof" styles, marketed as phones for the building site for instance, but I don't see smart phones like this.
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