One of the advantages of my hand held Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx is that it works very well in dense redwood forests. If you will always be away from tall trees and tall buildings then this will not matter to you.
I take it with me when mountain biking or when riding my motorcycle. A dash mounted unit in the car may not be able to do this. If you do not go very far on bicycles then this will not matter either.
Mine does not talk to me. I have to stop and look at it.
For just finding my way around a strange neighborhood, my daughter's iPhone is adequate. We used it to find the hospital in Truckee at midnight a week ago.
Pay attention to memory capacity. I have all of the street maps for the 48 contiguous states, plus the TOO maps for all of California. If you want the TOPO maps for all of the US then you will need a very large memory capacity.
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