The Galaxy S5 does not have temperature or humidity sensors

Re:The Galaxy S5 does not have temperature or humidity sensors by scottcha on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @04:48PM (#7562267)

I believe temperature sensors are required to get barometric data to altitude[1]. That's why all altimeter watches also have temperature though its usually useless while wearing since its reading the temp of your wrist instead of the air.

On a second note I produce an app (http://www.ullrlabs.com) for avalanche danger evaluation and knowing your ambient air temperature is one factor which is helpful in that process. Though I haven't yet tried to read that value on android phones for the app.

[1]See pressure altimeter calibration equation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altimeter

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Re:The Galaxy S5 does not have temperature or humidity sensors by Recoil42 on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @05:31PM (#7562587)

Your first note is irrelevant, since all modern phones have a (hot) CPU running while the phone is active. It's why phones don't rely on their temperature sensors for ambient readings in the first place even if they have them.

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