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The phone was well known for being slow due to a lack of memory
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Most phones will accept an internal sd card of course for app storage purposes.
I'm using a 16 Gb card in the Stone which accepts upto 32 Gb max. IIRC.
I've already forgotten the built in memory spec for the AGM Stone (perhaps 4 Gb, maybe 8?) but it will be in the earlier link; that doesn't seem to be a limiting factor for the Stone.
I've yet to find a limiting factor of the Stone for the purposes discussed in this thread.
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It's 8 Gb of ROM with 1 GB of built in RAM
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I've yet to find a limiting factor of the Stone for the purposes discussed in this thread.
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Not so much a limiting factor, but it does feel quite heavy to the hand; comparing it today on some scales the AGM Stone weighed in at 248 gms while a Nexus 6 in a plastic protective case weighed 217 gms.
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My "wanted" smart phone specks...
Need;
micro SD card at least 32Gb
WiFi
USB GTO connection
Small enough to fit is a shirt pocket
Availability of additional protective silicon case
Availability of additional protective gorilla glass
4 band 3G
At least 8 Gb internal memory
MP3 player
Battery life of at least 1 day!!!
Like;
4 band 4G
cheap
Present phone Samsung S4 mini dous. Misses on the USB GTO, has USB and might be routeable for the GTO function.
GPS specks?
Need;
Run 'my' Garmin maps
Battery life of at least 1 day on internal batteries
Automatic swapping between internal and external power
Viewable in bright sunlight!
Able to create a route, and use it.
micro sd card for memory of at least 2 Gb
Tracks automatically go to the memory card, date stamped and saved each day.
Easy swapping between maps
External power, say, 5 volts to 36 volts.
Like;
Run raster maps
Present GPS Garmin 60Cx .. misses ... not great in bright sunlight, no raster maps. External power limits (I'd have to look those up)?
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Able to create a route, and use it.
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For the software aspect, there are some interesting reviews of OSMAnd, Orux and Soviet Military Maps in this thread/post:-
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...vigation-81406
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My "wanted" smart phone specks...
Need;
Battery life of at least 1 day!!!
Present phone Samsung S4 mini dous. Misses on the USB GTO, has USB and might be routeable for the GTO function.
GPS specks?
Need;
Battery life of at least 1 day on internal batteries
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The AGM Stone that I got lasts about 6 hours while running with no external power attached.
I think it would go a bit longer because it comes up with a "15% battery remaining" warning after said 6 hours of running navigation software while set in aircraft mode.
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The AGM Stone that I got lasts about 6 hours while running with no external power attached.
I think it would go a bit longer because it comes up with a "15% battery remaining" warning after said 6 hours of running navigation software while set in aircraft mode.
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It looks like about 6 hours is the battery duration for this phone when not connected to an external power supply; is that a "good" duration for a 4000 mAH batt? (a rhetorical question perhaps, except for the lithium-ion experts of this world).
The 6 hours I quoted earlier was based on use while mounted in a 4 wheeler and used as a navigation aid.
Now it has lasted about the same duration while used to track a route on 2 wheels - because I wasn't even slightly interested in navigating electronically, the phone was simply in my top pocket, operating a tracking software different from the earlier nav software.
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