Turns Out No iPhone Can Tell Where True North Is

Cult of Mac
By John BrownleeOct 18, 2013, 8:03 am356 pts
With all the hubbub about the iPhone 5s’s wonky accelerometer, which has thrown off the iPhone’s accuracy by a couple of degrees, you’d think that iPhones from the first-generation to the iPhone 5 had perfectly accurate compasses, wouldn’t you? But… Read more › The post Turns Out No iPhone Can Tell Where True…

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