I was about to respond the my cheap Verizon phone purchased in June of
2005 doesn't have GPS. Instead I decided to actually read the manual
and was astonished to discover that this cheapest of Verizon phones does
indeed have GPS. However, it has two modes. It can be set on all the
time or only on when placing a 911 call. The default mode as received
from Verizon is on only for a 911 call.
Chuck Norcutt
Steve Dropkin wrote:
> Jeff Keller wrote:
>
>
>>I doubt that many phones have GPS circuitry.
>
>
> Verizon Wireless is one of the two largest (or _the_ largest,
> depending on your criteria) wireless providers in the U.S. They have
> not allowed customers to activate any non-GPS phone in about three
> years. They claim that 95% of their customers have a GPS-enabled
> phone. Sprint, (Nextel,) and Alltel also put GPS chips in their
> phones. Given the lifespan of most cellular/mobile phones and the
> propensity of customers to trade "up" over the last five years that
> GPS has been available on phones for U.S. systems, I'd say there's a
> fair number of phones out there with that capability.
>
> Steve
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