What Global positioning is the FP6 supporting (GPS, Glonass, Galileo, ..etc)?

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Good evening,
What Global positioning is the FP6 supporting (GPS, Glonass, Galileo ..etc)?
How to find out what system is being supported by the HW/Qualcom Chipset and wireless module?
Anybody could please confirm if galileo is supported?
Thanks in advance,
Best regards,
Anber

2

I found this:

Which has all Fairphones listed except the Fairphone 6. However, with the GPSTest-app one can contribute to the database, which is what I just did! But it is not yet updated.

According to the app, the Fairphone 6 supports:

  • GPS (USA)
  • Galileo (European Union)
  • GLONASS (Russia)
  • COMPASS (China)
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Interestingly, belgian consumer association magazine Test-Achat has given a slightly lower note for GPS (positioning quality) for the FP6 (3.5 stars out of 5) compared to the FP5 (4 stars out of 5). They don’t give any explanation.
Does anyone have any idea why ?
Anyone having to complain about the FP6 GPS vs. FP5 ?

4

I can’t serve you with a comparison to the FP5, because I only own a FP6. But for me, there are no issues with the GPS which I could link to the 3.5 stars rating. I’m using it for navigation and tracking sports without any issues.

5

Thanks,
OK, it’s probably best to try to contact the consumer assoc. directly.

6

The consumer association replied that, according to their standardized test proc., the FP5 GPS is scoring “good” while the FP6 GPS is scoring “average”. Their test consists essentially of recording GPS positioning of the device under test on a real-life itinerary, then compare the recorded data to the real itinerary.

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Have you checked the regular specs on the website? It’s there…