>>2569423It’s so strange to me that people are still unaware of how the GPS function of a cell phone works. It’s just baffling as hell.
Battery life? Sure, you can only squeeze four days out of one by putting it in power saving mode, turning down the brightness, closing background apps, using airplane mode, not checking your location every two minutes, and so on. And you’ll need the separate power supply that you probably already own if you want to extend it longer than any trip you’ve probably been in without access to power anyway.
Durability? Yeah, you have to be careful not to smash it with a rock like a Cro-Magnon and you have to know where to buy Ziploc freezer bags. Nearly everyone hikes with a phone anyway, and since everyone mentions this there must be a lot of Grug rock smashing, a severe shortage of Ziploc bags, and a lot of broken and water damaged phones.
But muh cell service? Nah.
