Harry Monk:
WhiteTruckMan:
Don’t have a premature ■■■■■■ just because they come with lifetime map updates.https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/01/tomtom-withdraws-lifetime-maps-for-certain-models/
If they did it once they can do it again.
"TomTom goes on to explain its definition of lifetime updates, saying: ‘Lifetime means the useful life of the device, i.e. the period of time TomTom supports your device with updates, services, content or accessories. A device will have reached the end of its life when none of these are available anymore.’ ".
PMSL!
It’s really not as sinister as some make out…
Every day, at TomTom, we work very hard to bring you the best navigation experience ever. A big part of this work is to continuously improve the quality of the maps and software that your sat nav runs on. As a consequence, however the memory required to install these higher quality maps increases every year.
As we work tirelessly to launch new technologies and deliver a great customer experience, it has become clear that some of our first generation navigation devices do not have sufficient memory to store the newest maps and features available. For example the map of Europe is now more than 7GB and the average map size increase per quarter is 400MB.
TomTom solved this situation by dividing the installed map into smaller regions (Map Zones) which are available to download when a device is connected to the TomTom Home software. However, we foresee that in less than 6 months, even these smaller regions won’t be able to fit into your device.
For this reason, we have stopped sales of map updates and other services as of 15/11/2016. Your trusted device will still work perfectly but you will no longer be able to buy any further map update.
If you have an active subscription to map updates or TomTom services, you will continue receiving those until the subscription runs out. For additional information head over to the FAQ page.