I think it’s more the load from the GPS chip itself. If you think about it it has to do a lot of math and calculating to output a position and operate a 32 channel receiver. I think with the personal GPS receivers they just put a bit more beefy battery in them for better life.
> On Sep 14, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Brent Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > > I imagine with all the different stuff going on in the phone, the GPS signal > is pretty weak, and it has to try harder than dedicated GPS devices do. One > would think that using the approved external bluetooth receivers that have > their own battery might help some, but I think Apple still combines that with > the phone's internal sense of the location. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Chittenden" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: iPhone 6S? > > > 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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