I use a Samsung S5 phone. Pretty remarkable, really - when I last did a lap of Bass Strait by sea-kayak in 2015, we were able to always get BOM weather from all places, even if we did have to walk a kilometre to the other end of a Prom beach or in darkness up to the top of Hogan Island.
I wonder would things be even easier now if I had a S20 or S21, with a surely improved aerials?
[In 2007, when solo across Bass, I still used a Nokia flip-phone. I had to rely on personal observances at dawn prior to leaving Hogan for the Prom, and earlier simply walked up to Flinders Island farms to ask to go on-line to look at the weather.
Before I left my Sydney area home, I had a guy I didn't know ring me and insist I needed a SW radio with a very long soft wire antenna that you had to set up on a beach in a rectangle and seek out the weather via that system. I didn't follow through.]
A couple of years ago, this S5 smartphone would hold up to 4500 jpegs, before I was prompted to remove them/upload them to another drive.
Today it says I do not have enough room to do updates... yet only had 350 photos on it. (Updates are done after removing photos to laptop and external HD).
I installed Avenza for a great solo walk up Hannels Spur to Kosi summit some months back - but phone seems slower overall now?
I removed that amazing, delightful App (for now) - and the phone is still slow?
Can Apps such as Avenza slow down a smart phone?
Can Apps be store on the mSD card?
Will Avenza work in a spare S5 phone without a SIM card?
Problem is that working S5 phone has a cracked screen with only 5% display. Local shop wants $200 to replace the screen on this 'old' S5.
I need to get another phone to use as a better controller/viewer for my new (to me) drone. DJI do not have the S5 listed - but it certainly does work.
So much info displayed is crammed upon it's display.
How do I get the DJI GO 4 app onto a tablet (whether iPad or Samsung Tab) without a SIM card installed?