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I'm looking for a phone to make a dedicated GPS for survival/backpacking. Does anyone have an idea on what the best battery life phone with an accurate GPS would be. It wouldn't be used for a phone, only GPS, maps, and for storing some relevant ebooks. I'm trying to keep it under like $300 so I'm looking for something a bit older.

I'm not sure on the technology or what gives a phone good battery life or GPS accuracy but I'm hoping some nerd here knows. Thanks.

I'm looking for a phone to make a dedicated GPS for survival/backpacking. Does anyone have an idea on what the best battery life phone with an accurate GPS would be. It wouldn't be used for a phone, only GPS, maps, and for storing some relevant ebooks. I'm trying to keep it under like $300 so I'm looking for something a bit older. I'm not sure on the technology or what gives a phone good battery life or GPS accuracy but I'm hoping some nerd here knows. Thanks.

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You could use a raspberry pi

They make all kinds of things out of them. You could make a cell phone, cell phone with a GPS, cell phone gps, am/fm radio... Or skip the phone part and just go gps. You get to use whatever battery packs you want too so battery life is in your hands.

DIY this way also lets you add other things to the pi

. Faster to buy a GPS

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Looks like a fun project for sure but I’m not trusting anything I built in the wilderness! Maybe I’ll get my pi out and build some shit this week