If you're not going to use a smartphone, get a Garmin. I have used my smartphone for years (Telenav on my Nokia; Scout on my old iPhone, and Apple Maps on my current iPhone). DW does not want a smartphone, so we got her a Garmin. The user interface just seems to work better than the TomTom we tried for a while.
The better GPSes speak the street names (though occasionally with odd results; apparently the St. Clair street we live near is Street Clair Street
). The even-better ones will tell you which lane you should get into to make the turn. Pretty cool..
Notes of caution on map updates: Some of them just are not cheap -- almost enough to make you want to purchase a new GPS, with its improved interface, for not much more money. And if you buy a used GPS that came with "lifetime maps", make sure the update service is transferrable to you as a new owner/computer user. Otherwise you just get stuck with old maps -- or a need to buy updates.