On Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:28:22 UTC+1, NY wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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Mine lasted 6 months, but then it has an altimeter and barometer on it
which use a lot of power.

Why did yuo feel the need to get one with an altimeter ?
Do yuo often need to know what height you are at say when drinking a pint
sorry taking sips. Maybe it's all part of your problem of hitting your
head on low things.

An altimeter is a standard part of a GPS receiver which most phones have:

I believe he wears a watch on his wrist not a phone. We aren't talking about phones.
It's just that he seems to accept a limited 6 month battery life on the watch in exchange for an altimeter and barometer. He hasn't said whether his watch has GPS I doubt it does otherwise he'd mentioned the usefulness of having GPS for mapping purposes.




they give 3D coordinates as lat/long/alt. But if your phone also has a
barometer then the phone *may* be getting its altitude reading from that,
though it will need to be corrected for changes in barometric pressure, as
for an aeroplane altimeter.