Why don't TomTom Rider units operate live services via a sim card like the car based items?

Mike Miles
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Have been tempted to update my Rider V4 by the latest offer, but am still disapointed to see the Rider units need a smartphone link for live services! What's the problem in having them operate on a sim card like the car and truck based units?
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It is a good question. I have a GO6200 with a SIM card included and it work well. It is very confortable not to have to connect it with a smartphone even if it is simple to connect it with my redmi nopte 7.
It is a good advantage versus Garmin which do not give this possibility.2 -
Hi
I have Several Live (SIM) Tomtom models and would recommend them
Its very rare I have a problem with connectivity....
ATB YFM1 -
A few interesting comments, but it would be interesting to hear from TomTom BV...
Development cost would be very small - just building the car unit into the Rider casing and adding bike specific functionality to the chip - just a re-flash surely? That would also score on economies of scale, same internals with just different funtionality activated for different markets - or is that already the case with the additional (misguided) cost-saving of the sim card omission?
I'm really not minded to upgrade to the latest Rider without fully stand alone live services...0