It's Official, the GPSMAP 496

In article ,
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:
The Garmin page lists two prices, the $2995 that I quoted for the Americas
version, and $2395 that you quoted for the Atlantic version. My guess is
that the $600 you save for the Atlantic version gets you half the
database. Comparing apples to apples, the Americas version of the 396 is
$600 cheaper than the Amercias version of the 496.

Call it whatever you want, but $600-$800 is a pretty big delta. The 396
is just slightly over (or at) $2k, while the 496 is close to $3k.

This announcement shouldn't be very surprising, though, given the
evolution of the comparable marine products (378 / 478).


JKG

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:
The Garmin page lists two prices, the $2995 that I quoted for the
Americas
version, and $2395 that you quoted for the Atlantic version. My guess is
that the $600 you save for the Atlantic version gets you half the
database. Comparing apples to apples, the Americas version of the 396 is
$600 cheaper than the Amercias version of the 496.

Call it whatever you want, but $600-$800 is a pretty big delta. The 396
is just slightly over (or at) $2k, while the 496 is close to $3k.

This announcement shouldn't be very surprising, though, given the
evolution of the comparable marine products (378 / 478).


JKG

Elsewhere on Garmin's site, it indicates that the Atlantic version is really
the Northern Europe version, with databases, etc for that region. Also, no
XM, etc.

Not sure why anyone in the US would want that product over any of a dozen
cheaper GPS's that offer similar features and a US database.

KB