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Originally Posted by jj69
I guess it grounds down to the licence fee they pay to alpine and/or navtec for each new release. I guess there are two options :
- Honda pays big money to alpine and/or navtec for releasing the upgrade, it them gets a global licence and can sell the upgrade at low cost, hoping volume of sales will cover the cost (like TomTom for ex.).
- Honday pays minimum to alpine and/or navtec. The end user pays the full licence fee (better suited if satnav system is more "confidential").
My former satnav was a Becker (first gen with TMC, not even graphical), the upgrade was 450€ ! (2CDs, Europe East+West)
That doesn't mean I disagree with you : this is way too expensive, especially since I would have to upgrade from day one (as posted before, I got the car 4 days ago and it comes with v3.06) |
And the prize goes to JJ - as I understand it, the prices are due to licensing regs not greed but yes on a personal note, i agree it is somewhat expensive.