The use of GPS navigation systems are now more widely popular, now with the emergence of really affordable portable GPS devices made available for most consumers. You can get a fully-featured GPS device at very low prices that were unheard of before, during the time when the first GPS units were introduced in the market. This radical change is accredited mostly to the proliferation of Chinese portable GPS units made available at wholesale prices – changing the face of the navigational device market.

With affordable GPS systems that can go below 100 dollars, consumers like you can avail of a wide range of features that users enjoy from portable GPS units. These include detailed maps of states, counties and cities down to street level, colored touch screens, voice guidance and voice recognition capabilities. On top of that, you can also enjoy other features that you don’t usually find in navigational devices such as trip calculators, video players, MP3 players, SMS functions and even phone calls.

Before the Wholesale Portable GPS Bonanza Came

Users of portable GPS navigation systems have enjoyed the many uses their units can give them. You can get to where you want to go easily on your car to the next or off the road in a hiking or mountain climbing trip. A few years ago however, not everyone have the privilege of enjoying such devices. You can only buy products from OEM manufacturers such as Magellan, Garmin and Tomtom. Such portable GPS units can cost as much as $200 and can even go as high as $400 or $500 dollars.

What’s good about these products is that you can be assured of receiving genuine products with licensed proprietary software. Aside from that, if you are a subscriber to their service plans, you can enjoy excellent customer service and technical support to help you maintain your GPS units and get you up to date with upgrades and additional features they may offer in the future.

Changing the Name of the Game

Enter the Chinese Dragon – and the navigational device market game has changed dramatically. Wholesale portable GPS units that are software-ready are now made available from various online and offline distributors, making these units available for you at very affordable prices. You can now buy a basic 5-inch portable GPS unit at prices that can go less than a hundred dollars. Aside from that, you can choose from a wide variety of products and models furnished with a whole array of features that go beyond the core functions of navigational units.

The problems however with such units is the lack of customer service or technical support should you encounter problems. Many models are made by obscure Chinese manufacturers that you may not have heard of, making communication with them much more difficult. Aside from that, most of these units don’t come with licensed software, which you should avail on your own. What’s worse is that some would even resort to using cracked, hacked or pirated software for installation – putting you as the user at greater risk.

With the options available for consumers, you now have a greater flexibility in the selection process of choosing the best portable GPS navigational systems for your use. You can weigh the advantages and disadvantages of choosing low-cost Chinese GPS devices or go for the more established OEM brands in the market. The choice is up to you.