Ditching smart phones, need GPS recommendations.

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Maps is our biggest loss sans a smart phone, anyone else that has went this route, what other transitional annoyance should we look out for.

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gas stations, cops, places to stop for food, hotels, whether something you're going to visit is open or not, shopping, communicating with your family & friends, listening/watching sporting events on the road, checking your video cameras at your house to make sure no one is breaking in, office/work apps so you can work without being tied to a laptop at a desk...

damn you're braver than i am.

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We're doing away with smart phones, don't like our kids seeing us peck at a screen.

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... then don't peck at a screen?

There's probably an app to make you stop dicking around on your phone during set times. Delete social media apps, games, etc.

As CAD pointed out, you will be missing a whole world of convenience and productivity. If you think maps is the only thing you'll miss, then you either haven't thought about it or you haven't even scratched the surface of what a phone can do. My phone saves me hours each day.

Definitely missing out more than just maps lmao

Great advice, thanks tech board.

This…seems like cutting your nose off to spite your face

You could just….not peck at a screen as much?

I get the hesitancy with kids and smartphones. But just doing away with them isn’t going to help show them how to maturely handle having one.

What kind of world do you think your kids will be living in when you are gone? But just buy a new car with built in navigation and maps. Geez.