iPhone 14 Pro comes with dual-frequency GPS

Re:iPhone 14 Pro comes with dual-frequency GPS by bobthepanda on Saturday September 10, 2022 @05:07PM (#32794589)

In my experience I find Apple tends not to add features that don’t meet a reliability or quality bar, which is why they’re usually not first movers on things like 4G or 5G.

I had an LG phone that was one of the first in 4G (at least on my carrier) and the thing ran so hot it was often painful to touch.

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Re:iPhone 14 Pro comes with dual-frequency GPS by nradov on Saturday September 10, 2022 @07:13PM (#32795325)

Nope, Apple is just late to the party here. Multi-frequency GPS has been completely reliable in competing devices for at least two generations.

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Re:iPhone 14 Pro comes with dual-frequency GPS by martyvis on Saturday September 10, 2022 @08:22PM (#32795710)

The Apple Reality Distortion Field is clearly still strong.

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Re:iPhone 14 Pro comes with dual-frequency GPS by skimo8 on Saturday September 10, 2022 @10:29PM (#32796340)

It’s more a statement of how they operate IMO. I’ve watched them be extremely conservative over the years to see which ideas stick and wait until hardware has matured.

My HTC thunderbolt was one of the first “4G” phones, but was barely useable more than a few hours.

Yes, Apple has made some insane design constraints in the past (butterfly keyboards, the whole thin-ness thing), but their chip choices are usually pretty sound and grounded in reality.

*edit: I wanted to throw in how frustrating the lack of push email was for so long (and still kind of is), but I get it. From their standpoint, they control APNS & can use that for energy efficiency benefits to make a grandma-friendly device

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Re:iPhone 14 Pro comes with dual-frequency GPS by haditab on Sunday September 11, 2022 @01:02AM (#32796965)

I hear this claim a lot, especially by Apple brand enthusiasts, but is there really any data supporting this?

From my memory Apple is just often late to the party. Especially for 4G and LTE.

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