POLL MULTI-FREQUENCY POSITIONING activation in basic F7

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Luko79 over 2 years ago in reply to honza_81 +5

the IRNSS has only L5 frequency , there is no L1... (the other is in S-Band but that is a totally different and higher band than the "normal" GNSS freqs, only very special and professional GNSS receivers…
philipshambrook over 2 years ago in reply to silentvoyager +5

silentvoyager said:
That was a really bad decision on Garmin's side because in my opinion the multi-band was one of the most anticipated features

And those that wanted it could choose to buy it. Those…
silentvoyager over 2 years ago in reply to Gagik +4

Supposedly the same Airoha AG3335M chipset is used in both versions. At least I don't see another multi-GNSS Airoha chipset without L1+L5 support and with all other parameters the same as AG3335M.
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0 silentvoyager over 2 years ago in reply to 5135968

5135968 said:
silentvoyager said:
Those who want to buy FR 255 or FR 955 without multi-band can do that, right?

If you want multi band on the Fenix 7 you have no choice to accept solar and sapphire

My comment was a sarcasm. I obviously agree that there is no choice. I would myself strongly prefer an F7 with Gorilla glass (with less reflection) but I had to have multi-band so I ended up, reluctantly, buying a sapphire F7X. Also, I need a larger display and a longer battery life, so that leaves FR955 out, not that it was available a few months ago.