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Re:The GPS wars have begun by makomk on Sunday December 23, 2018 @07:01AM (#18745649)
That requires a dual-frequency receiver, though, which I think is only found in high-end survey equipment and a handful of very recent and expensive smartphones.
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Re:The GPS wars have begun by b15h0p on Sunday December 23, 2018 @07:08AM (#18745665)
Which smartphones are those? Is there a list somewhere?
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Re:The GPS wars have begun by ferongr on Sunday December 23, 2018 @07:20AM (#18745702)
The Xiaomi Mi 8 is a relatively inexpensive flagship-grade device with L5/E5a capability.
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Re:The GPS wars have begun by johnjonesyc on Sunday December 23, 2018 @07:55AM (#18745814)
better list of actual capability

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/sensors/gnss

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Re:The GPS wars have begun by losten on Sunday December 23, 2018 @09:20AM (#18746189)
Unfortunately, even though there are already several phones on the market whose hardware supports dual band GPS, the software in most cases doesn't.

see this article for details https://medium.com/@sjbarbeau/dual-frequency-gnss-on-android...

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Re:The GPS wars have begun by ferongr on Sunday December 23, 2018 @11:14AM (#18746848)
My Mi 8 with the stable Android P build seems to be using both frequencies for satellites "in use" at the same time. The actual benefits of it, I don't know though.

https://i.imgur.com/dIlh5Mj.png

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