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iPhone X GPS - poor accuracy

Rob48
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I recently upgraded from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone X and have noticed that the GPS performance is awful. The blue dot on Google Maps, for instance, wanders around by 100 metres or more when with the old phone it was always spot on. Recording tracks with Strava, the track is way off the path that I follow when it used to be very close with my old phone. This seems like a big step back as I use my phone for navigation a lot. Do I have a faulty unit or has Apple somehow ruined the GPS in their newer phones?
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gmarkj
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From your experience and the difference to that of someone else who has the same device it sounds as though there is a fault.
Use Apple care to check (and hopefully replace) the phone.

Please note, this is not customer services and we cannot access your account. Do not publish personal details (email, phone number, bank account).


Link to our guide on how to contact them can be found here

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PhoneChanger
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I have a X and I can confirm that at times the GPS accuracy can be very poor, its takes some time to get sufficient satellites to have an accurate signal.

I've been into the Apple Store and they confirmed this is 'normal' behaviour
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