Nextar X4-T 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with MP3 Player

alaTest has collected and analyzed 222 user reviews of Nextar X4-T 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with MP3 Player from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other GPS on Amazon.com. Opinions about the design and screen are generally positive. The performance and price also get good opinions, but there are some less positive opinions about the durability and maps.

This portable GPS device is solid, but it isn't quite on a par with competing models from TomTom and Magellan.

Nextar's Q4 delivers a wide-screen navigation system for those on a small-screen budget.

This portable GPS device is solid, but it isn't quite on a par with competing models from TomTom and Magellan.

A few years ago when Global Positioning Systems were all the rage, the Magellans and the Garmins dominated the market. Today, you can find GPS systems with Navteq maps virtually everywhere at crazy cheap price points. One such GPS unit is the Nextar...

GPS or Global Positioning Service is one of the most useful free services out there, and the best part is it is available as the name implies globally. These small devices are tremendously useful and the only cost to the consumer is the initial...

I am a GPS nut, and  I have been since I won my first one, a Garmin GPS-12 at the Dayton Hamvention as a door prize.  That Garmin had no maps in it, but fortunately it's almost unheard of to not have included maps on a GPS unit these days.  So what...

The Nextar Q-4 is a player in the third tier of GPS units, and sells for a discount at stores online. The unit certainly is good enough to get you there, and the interface, speed of satellite acquisition, and design is much improved over what I saw...

This is not worth the money, because the unit does NOT operate as advertised. Plus, Nextar pushes the customer to spend more money on updates. In the end, it is cheaper to buy a name brand.