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Could Smartphones Kill In-Car GPS Systems?

April 26, 2017GPS In-Car kill Smartphones SYSTEMS

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Could Smartphones Kill In-Car GPS Systems?

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The day of the in-car satnav may be over, with GPS smartphones like the Apple iPhone 3G outsripping their sales. Global shipments of satnavs or PNDs (Portable Navigation Devices) were down 6 per cent in Q3 2008 in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa – falling behind shipments of smartphones with built-in GPS, which soared from 4.7 million last quarter to 10.4 million in Q3.