I wouldn’t worry about battery life, unless you plan to use it for walking or bicycling. “Turn left” is fine, but when the street system gets complicated, it would be nice to hear “Turn left on Elm Street.” That’s one feature you might want to look for. Only thing I don’t have, that I wish I did, was ability to speak the street names. I have the Garmin Nuvi, cheap $150 model, and it’s fine. That’s handy for planning purposes the night before while you are resting in your hotel room. They just assume you are where they last saw the sky. That’s true, but some models can “simulate” your path without accessing the satellites. They’ll often work in a building if held right next to a window. The signal might make it around/through a car roof but not through a building roof. They generally need to “see the sky” in order to communicate with the satellite(s).
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