Has anyone tested newer cellphones with dual-frequency GNSS/GPS with Collector? Any noticeable improvement in accuracy?

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10-18-2019 01:44 PM
KyleLandon
New Contributor II

Here's an overview of phones with the dual-frequency chips:

https://medium.com/@sjbarbeau/dual-frequency-gnss-on-android-devices-152b8826e1c 

It's hard to find good info and nothing with respect to Collector. People using gps testing apps were still getting 4m at best.

The pixel 4 was just announced with this note:

⁸Dual Band (L1+L5) or (E1 +E5a). Support - coming soon

So maybe the phones right now don't have proper software support?

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BradyWeidner
New Contributor II

I think there is still hope for improved accuracy from our cell phones with the dual frequency chips.  I found an article where they tested the Xiaomi Mi8.  They were able to achieve decimeter accuracy through post processing and sub-meter real time.  Looks like the software is behind the curve, hopefully that will change.  Here is a link to the article, it is a pdf.

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/11/2593/pdf