Does a UK iphone 5 (on O2) work as a sat nav in USA

[Anonymous]

Hi - I'm off th Florida soon and just wanted to double check that I can use my iPhone 5 as a Sat Nav in the hire car. I use apple maps in the UK for this and think it works pretty well. I have also got the Google App - which does a similar job. I'm know i'll get hit with the data roaming charges, but this is fine.

Any UK based users tried it? How heavy are the data charges?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

£6 per Mb up to £40 for which you get 50Mb.

If you are using it as a sat nav, 50Mb isn't much at all. I personally wouldn't recommend it if you have any other alternative?

[jonsie]

I would think the data charges would be fairly hefty using the Apple or Google maps. Personally I use Co-Pilot as the the maps are already preloaded into the phones memory so consequently cheaper to use. There is an initial outlay for the app but it works well.

[adamtemp64]

I would get one of the paid for usa satnav apps that store the map data on the iphone.

[Bambino]

If you have preloaded maps, you can use GPS without data. 50MB of data wouldn't get you very far. If you don't want to pay for a preloaded map package, you can usually add a GPS device to your car rental. It would probably work out cheaper than paying for data.