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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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This looks like the one for me and it just takes AAs. Actually excited to go use a compass. I'm going to get out and do it a bit this weekend.

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I got the Ranger 2.0 last week. Thanks for all the tips. Getting excited to head out there now.

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Nice in the military years ago we had the Silva Ranger with the mirrror. I have been using their products ever since,

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Its a lot of fun and it does take practice to build your confidence. Take a look on a map and pick a point you want to Navigate to and then get to it. See how close you can come to a reliable landmark. Rivers can change course but a large bend or the point of land surrounding it should be easy enough to find. Triangulation will become a really useful skill..Taking a bearing off two points and figuring out exactly where you are. Knowing your approximate length of stride and how long it takes you to walk a mile in uncongested terrain is also useful..I have been walking for 6 minutes which means I have probably covered x number of feet..knowing there is 5280ft in a mile or some other known number will help you estimate your progress from or to a destination..(the map is not the territory) You can break down your location into 10m grid points if your maps scale is sufficiently detailed..Literally so much fun to be had. Its a skill and having the correctly scaled map of the area will help you to plan and have a reasonable estimation of your time of travel depending on the terrain. Lots of fun. Be safe out there and be prepared. The better you plan the easier it will be.