XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Ilya Kraskov   
    wrote:   
      
   > > in fact, the gps is normally off, enabled via an app only when precise   
   > > location is needed.   
   >   
   >   
   > You have to be careful with the word "precise" because at least on Android   
   > it means different things to different applications.   
   >   
   > For some it means what you seemed to have meant which is satellite location   
   > but for other apps (often google's apps) it means a lot more radios go on.   
      
   apps can request different levels of location precision. some apps only   
   need a general area (e.g., weather), whereas others need exact location   
   (e.g., navigation, finding lost items, etc.).   
      
   > Still, all of them should have manual switches to turn them off.   
      
   there is no need for that.   
      
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