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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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From what I’ve kinda found outside of an actual dedicated Garmin type of GPS. People seem to recommend a Samsung galaxy tab A for price and battery life So seemingly a Samsung phone would be a good bet. I think the important part is that you shouldn’t need wifi for it to work and I believe that’s called assisted gps. Which is supposed to be slightly less laggy and more accurate. I’ve been looking into this myself for navionics software.(boat maps)