GPS performance? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, do we have any real world tests of GPS fix time / accuracy??
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Havent seen any but this is a good question to ask "vickytoria" to test for us in her video thread.
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Was my understanding she no longer has a test unit?
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Gps in this unit is wonderful... damn fast <2 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIthAE9TGKU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
See the video at 9:25 for yourself to be amazed.
Thanks

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Accuracy is almost 30 feet which is 10 meters all the time which is a good sign.
Note that the device was tested in aero plane mode so no Agps which means a real good sign.

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<<Raj$>> said:
Gps in this unit is wonderful... damn fast <2 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIthAE9TGKU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
See the video at 9:25 for yourself to be amazed.
Thanks
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thanks for linking that.
wow! less than 2 secs connection on non-assisted gps.
btw, how does hox performs in that test?
lol @ background music, unbreak my heart.
it's like the s2 singing that song since it's thinking it's going to be replaced by the new s3.
hehe

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as this device has glonass along with gps it should be damn fast.
nice video posted above and some extra news is the mobile needs 20 seconds to boot... i thought there would be some improvements here

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A very good post and nice video, i was actually worried about this.

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He says that even when he is in buildings and houses the GPS managed to lock onto a satellite.

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radeonxt said:
thanks for linking that.
wow! less than 2 secs connection on non-assisted gps.
btw, how does hox performs in that test?
lol @ background music, unbreak my heart.
it's like the s2 singing that song since it's thinking it's going to be replaced by the new s3.
hehe
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HTC One X
Lock speed : 2 - 5 Seconds
Accuracy : 5 feet (<2 meters) [ Consistently getting 5 - 15 feet ]
Number of satellites lock : 2 - 10 Max [But never looses connection]
Location : Singapore
Has Only GPS
Galaxy Note
Lock speed : 2 - 5 Seconds
Accuracy : 30 feet (+-10 meters) [ Consistently getting 24 - 35 feet ]
Number of satellites lock : 8 - 17 Max [But never looses connection]
Location : Singapore
Has Both GPS and Glonass
Galaxy S3
Refer above video
I expect SGS3 will be in range with Galaxy Note with accuracy of < 30 meters and instant lock to the satellites as shown in the video.
Point to note here is, just because the devices locks to more no. of satellites doesn't mean the accuracy is going to be good. I have seen it and experienced it but do not have an explanation for it.
I am very much interested in SGS3 wrt the GPS for Using SYGIC ! especially with the original Samsung car mount.

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<<Raj$>> said:
Gps in this unit is wonderful... damn fast <2 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIthAE9TGKU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
See the video at 9:25 for yourself to be amazed.
Thanks
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he already loaded the location with the gps on the s3
he didnt on the s2 and disable wifi when he starts
if you look at 5min, where the S3 is probably still hot starting in gmaps, after 2-3s he quits gmaps and the GPS lock icon is still blinking (= no lock), so much for "instant lock"
the S2 locks rather fast (even if most likely slower) with hot fix outdoors in similar conditions
so sure, glonass+gps is probably faster, but, the comparison video is pretty poorly made.

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SlimJ87D said:
He says that even when he is in buildings and houses the GPS managed to lock onto a satellite.
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another wow! for the sgs3

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bilboa1 said:
he already loaded the location with the gps on the s3
he didnt on the s2 and disable wifi when he starts
if you look at 5min, where the S3 is probably still hot starting in gmaps, after 2-3s he quits gmaps and the GPS lock icon is still blinking (= no lock), so much for "instant lock"
the S2 locks rather fast (even if most likely slower) with hot fix outdoors in similar conditions
so sure, glonass+gps is probably faster, but, the comparison video is pretty poorly made.
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I agree with you. That was a bad comparison and doesn't give the S2 justice.
I took a screenshot of my S2, beeing indoors, and as you can see I got a 3 sec. fix. It varies between 3-10 seconds.

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At the Galaxy S3 Presentation Show I read in the specs the s3 supports glonass too. I love glonass on my xperia play and miss it so much on my EVO 3D.
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German-Guy said:
At the Galaxy S3 Presentation Show I read in the specs the s3 supports glonass too. I love glonass on my xperia play and miss it so much on my EVO 3D.
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Do you have any problems with GPS-apps in Xperia?
Theoretically, with GPS and Glonass, you should get 24 satellites in view with both, 12 over the horizon with GPS and 12 with Glonass. I'm not sure if all GPS-apps are able to show 24 sats?

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<<Raj$>> said:
HTC One X
Lock speed : 2 - 5 Seconds
Accuracy : 5 feet (<2 meters) [ Consistently getting 5 - 15 feet ]
Number of satellites lock : 2 - 10 Max [But never looses connection]
Location : Singapore
Has Only GPS
Galaxy Note
Lock speed : 2 - 5 Seconds
Accuracy : 30 feet (+-10 meters) [ Consistently getting 24 - 35 feet ]
Number of satellites lock : 8 - 17 Max [But never looses connection]
Location : Singapore
Has Both GPS and Glonass
Galaxy S3
Refer above video
I expect SGS3 will be in range with Galaxy Note with accuracy of < 30 meters and instant lock to the satellites as shown in the video.
Point to note here is, just because the devices locks to more no. of satellites doesn't mean the accuracy is going to be good. I have seen it and experienced it but do not have an explanation for it.
I am very much interested in SGS3 wrt the GPS for Using SYGIC ! especially with the original Samsung car mount.
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I own a Note and One X and the Note's GPS performance is much better than the One X's. The One X's is fine for navigation purposes, but less so for sportstracking and so forth. It's lock speed is not 2-5 seconds as you suggest (it's generally 5-10s and occasionally a little longer, which is fine, but not as good as you suggest), and neither does it never lose position.

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NZtechfreak said:
I own a Note and One X and the Note's GPS performance is much better than the One X's. The One X's is fine for navigation purposes, but less so for sportstracking and so forth. It's lock speed is not 2-5 seconds as you suggest (it's generally 5-10s and occasionally a little longer, which is fine, but not as good as you suggest), and neither does it never lose position.
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thanks for clearing that up.
liars go to hell.

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Who cares about the lock time, accuracy is more important...
I had HTC One X for 1.5 month and GPS was the best I've ever seen. I use Sportypal to track my workouts and not only it almost always showed my track on the road and not over houses, but it also was almost perfectly smooth with little zig-zagging:
SG3 though, I had only few days and first experience is not good, actually it's terrible. It was loosing connection all the time on clear day and the result - the track was all over the place:

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This phone had the best GPS I've ever seen on any device, and I've had many phones. It connects under 2 seconds and finds more than 10 sattelites every time, even without a data connection. I'm very impressed by it.