Originally Posted by
SoSmellyAir
Supposedly iPhone 6 onwards have a barometer, but evidently Strava thinks the instrument is not good enough.
Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
They actually put them in on the theory that having a barometer will get you a GPS lock faster. Knowing your approximate elevation means being able to throw out a lot of potential but wrong solutions while you're acquiring satellites.
What does the device name say in the files it records?
if I recall you can fi d the device name near the top of a .gpx file. It'll be in a .fit file as well but you will need a decoder. .gpx is just text.