> However, once out of the city, and cellular data ceases to be a thing, Google maps and similar applications built with an assumption of an always-available In

> However, once out of the city, and cellular data ceases to be a thing, Google maps and similar applications built with an assumption of an always-available Internet connection become kind of useless. Yes, you can add maps for the areas you are planning to be to your offline areas, but that requires planning ahead. And if you ended up somewhere you didn't plan to be, well, good luck. I'm one of the few who still uses a Nokia smartphone (from before the deal with Microsoft), and it has an application called Here maps that allows you to download maps for offline use. I have all of the US, Canada and Mexico pre-loaded into it. It takes around 3 GB of space on the phone IIRC and I haven't had any issues with lack of map data at least in the areas I drive (plenty of which do not have adequate cellular signal on any network).