Not in the UK— http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/specs.html
Are they just not advertising it in the UK though? It doesn't show up on the Australian site either, but I was pretty sure Apple was the one company that didn't do regional hardware variants.
IPhone 4S has GLONASS in addition to GPS
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Re: IPhone 4S has GLONASS in addition to GPS
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From which: To improve development of the user segment, on August 11, 2010, Sergei Ivanov announced a plan to introduce a 25% import duty on all GPS-capable devices, including mobile phones, unless they are compatible with GLONASS. I think I can see why the GPS chipsets are starting to adopt this...
That's hardly a motivation for Apple. They still don't have an official dealer in Russia and afaik don't have any plans. Yet, most of government officials widely use iPads (including the president) and every hip kid around the block has an iPhone. This suggests that Sergei Ivanov is merely looking for more ways to tax their own population, not Apple. Russian GLONASS is an archaic POS that they them selves have troubl…
According to http://www.macnewsworld.com/rsstory/64365.html, MegaFon and VimpleCom are legitimate carriers of the iPhone in Russia.
Tim Cook mentioned sales growth in Russia as something to keep an eye on in Apple's latest conference call: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq411
Re: IPhone 4S has GLONASS in addition to GPS
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Anyone tested iPhone navigation in a gps blackout area (e.g. Near an air force base?). I used to live in Lompoc and GPS wouldn't work in most of the town owing to the proximity of Vandenberg AFB.
I wasn't aware there of existence GPS blackout areas anywhere, esp. in the continental United States. Do you have more information that would support your statement? For what it's worth, GPS seems to work fine for a lot of people around Lompoc, CA: http://www.strava.com/rides-by-country/united-states/califor...
The evidence is personal experience. The blackout only affects a certain radius of Vandenberg which only covers a part of Lompoc.
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You need a receiver in the phone that can phase track, which costs 50x as much as the simple GPS chip they fit. You also need either a lot of storage locally or a fast data link between the base station and the rover - phones actually have both of these but they cost money
You need a receiver in the phone that can phase track, which costs 50x as much as the simple GPS chip they fit. So, $0.50 instead of $0.01? :)
I think Phase tracking GPS chipsets are still pricey - outside surveying applicatiosn there isn't much demand.
Re: IPhone 4S has GLONASS in addition to GPS
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wasn't aware there of existence GPS blackout areas anywhere, esp. in the continental United States. Do you have more information that would support your statement? For what it's worth, GPS seems to work fine for a lot of people around Lompoc, CA: http://www.strava.com/rides-by-country/united-states/califor...
The evidence is personal experience. The blackout only affects a certain radius of Vandenberg which only covers a part of Lompoc.
So, what exactly happens there? Your device stops seeing satellites (loses lock)? Or does the reported uncertainty become on the order of hundreds of meters? Or does it simply give you confused directions when you're driving?
Searching for combinations of terms like "GPS, blackout, airforce base, lompoc" only brings up this thread. I find it hard to believe that if it were a real occurrence no one else would notice and write/complain about it.