No, the battery drain is primarily from the GPS signal being so weak. The power drain from the mobile connection is quite minor in comparison. I have almost equivalent battery drain whether I use unboard maps from TomTom, or internet based maps from AppleMaps or GoogleMaps.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 15 Sep 2015, at 02:43, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've always wondered if the GPS drain was due to getting the coordinates all > the time or the constant downloading of data over the cellular internet > connection. I guess if there is a GPS app with all the maps included (would > be quite large) that would be a good test. I think Navigon was one that had > the maps baked into the app. > > CB > >> On 9/14/15 10:07 AM, Brent Harding wrote: >> I agree. It seems that next to video streaming, location services are the >> biggest culprit of battery drain. Since we don't know for sure, it's hard to >> say if Seeing Eye is more of a drain than it could be if maps were in local >> storage as opposed to maintaining a constant connection to their servers. I >> imagine some of that battery drain can be decreased through things they can >> do in software, but I thought I heard that the GPS in phones is a more power >> hungry way of doing it than the little GPS receivers people used with their >> note takers. They might be already at a point where we need some kind of >> breakthrough in batteries to increase the time we get by increasing the >> power without changing the size. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 8:23 AM >> Subject: Re: iPhone 6S? >> >> >> Only major thing would be battery life. Keep all those features rolling >> for a week on a charge would be nice. Probably some new even faster >> networks will be coming down the pipe but, yes, they seem to have >> completed addressing all the major limitations. >> >> CB >> >>> On 9/14/15 8:48 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >>> I really don’t see what they will add after this. The phone has every >>> thing now. A really solid radio finally that works on all the networks >>> fully, a nice high end camera, fast 64 bit processor, NFC, where do they go >>> from here? >>> >>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 11:44 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, you'll have to let us know what you think! >>>> Donna >>>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 9:21 AM, george b <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ah, >>>>> >>>>> I got it, so I think it is awesome and I already ordered a 6s plus >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 06:57 >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: iPhone 6S? >>>>> >>>>> Well, that's certainly true. I just wondered what the take-aways were >>>>> from thursday's event. >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Donna >>>>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Daniel Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> We really won’t know anything until people actually get their hands on >>>>>> it on the 25th. There are hands-on articles, but those don’t give any >>>>>> indication of how voiceover will work with 3D Touch, naturally. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 8:33 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just wondering what people have heard about the iPhone 6S. 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