In-Flight: HTC Thunderbolt GPS Tracking at 500 mph and 45,000 ft - Android Powered

Here's an area Apple iPhones have nothing on the Thunderbolt: REAL GPS

Not only was the HTC able to get a weak cell signal from 45,000 ft in the air, its real GPS chip was able to get enough of a satellite location fix that it could match where we were flying!

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[fuckinhellnotagain]

So are you fuckwits ignoring the current iPhone and iPad?

[amiga2000]

@fuckinhellnotagain Ignoring it in what way? I have an iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPad 1, iPad 2, and a handful of iPods. I love my iOS gadgets but none of them have a real GPS chip / antenna inside of them. It is why I have to carry around a Garmin Nuvi 265WT if I want accurate turn-by-turn directions. AGPS is fast, convenient, and reasonably accurate to tell you where you are but it is not the same as a real GPS.

[D14BL0]

Outside Air Temperature: -86 °F

WTF?

[amiga2000]

@D14BL0 Next video: The Thunderbolt tracking location OUTSIDE the plane... :-)

[cecilkorik]

@guicapone2 They will fly wherever they get the best winds and fuel mileage for the flight, but 45,000 is pretty high. The 747 is the only Boeing airliner that I know of that has a service ceiling above 45,000 feet. Not sure about Airbus.

What could also be happening is a difference between physical (GPS) altitude and density altitude, which is measured based on air pressure and temperature. Density altitude is all the airplane cares about for flying purposes (including service ceiling).

[xAlexKiblerx]

That plane looks so much nicer than the one I was just on. My GPS didn't work either. Did you need to be connected to WiFi so maps could update?

[vberg06]

What app are you using on the second half of the video?

[Piercostanzo]

@amiga2000 Iphone 3GS,4,4S and both Ipad 3GS and Ipad 2 3GS seem to have a small chip GPS inside but all these device work using the A-GPS system but they made a new software application called WindowSeat perhaps this software is able to make an Apple device working on an airplane, using only the GPS chip disconnetting both wi-fi and 3GS connection.

[ProudiPhoneOwner]

Does my HTC DROID Incredible have a real GPS chip inside??? I would really appreciate if someone could tell me!

:)

[Cowboss1969]

@jbohmdklg Turn off above 18 miles? That's more than 95,000 feet up.

[grissomairport]

@D14BL0, The standard lapse rate of air temperature is approximately 3 C or 3.5 F per 1,000. 

[SuicidePie]

Awesome. Go HTC and go android.

[brashmadcap]

@D14BL0 I can't believe 3 other people were stupid enough to like this. It's cold up high.

[Tantramzz]

@fuckinhellnotagain Calm down fanboi. The iPhone doesn't have real GPS.

[LifeistheNewEscape]

Lol iphone

[tweak2487]

@D14BL0 yes -86 degrees because the higher up in altitude you are the colder it is outside...duh