The iPhone started supporting Galileo satellites with the iPhone 7 series. Below is a link to an article for backpackers. It describes reception of navigation satellites in areas with no cell phone service. Here’s the operative sentence:
“Smartphones like an iPhone 8+, X or Samsung Galaxy S8 outperform a conventional GPS in almost every way.” The results of modern smart phones are comparable to a $500 external GPS device. http://www.adventurealan.com/iphone-gps-map-backpacking/ On 5/6/18, Anouk Radix <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I just started using blindsquare on my iphone 6 and am pretty happy > about it. I was thinking about upgrading to the iphone 8 (or newer model) > later this year but a friend of mine told me that he had pretty poor results > with gps reception on the iphone 8. What are your experiences? I did hear it > now also supports galileo and wondered if that makes a positive difference > (and if all apps support that i was assuming that ios itself handles which > satellites are being queried). > Greetings, Anouk, > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
