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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1827065" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>As has already been pointed out, an iPhone absolutely can work without a SIM card over Wi-Fi, although it may need to be carrier unlocked to do so. I don't know about GPS accuracy over wi-fi, but I have an iPhone 5s that I can do a brief test with when I get a chance if that helps. (EDIT: I was replying on the assumption you wanted to connect the new iDevice to a hotspot, but on re-reading that was what another member mentioned. Do you intend to be wholly offline, or connect to a hotspot running on your regular phone?)</p><p></p><p>Something else to consider when picking which model to go with.... iOS 13 has some very nice enhancements coming to CarPlay, one of which is split-screen mode to have navigation on one half of the screen, the other half showing music playback controls with the name of the song playing, as well some useful notifications. In my case, while iOS has had "Do No Disturb while driving" available for a couple years, it didn't work for me on my Pioneer unit until now (I'm on the beta version of iOS 13). At the moment, only Apple Maps is available in the split screen mode, but I don't know if that's just a matter of updates needed from 3rd parties to their own apps or what. Anyway, if you believe you will want these new features, you'll need an iPhone that supports iOS 13, which is the iPhone SE and the 6s onwards. The new features do work on Ford's Sync 3 system (my wife's car has that).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1827065, member: 38864"] As has already been pointed out, an iPhone absolutely can work without a SIM card over Wi-Fi, although it may need to be carrier unlocked to do so. I don't know about GPS accuracy over wi-fi, but I have an iPhone 5s that I can do a brief test with when I get a chance if that helps. (EDIT: I was replying on the assumption you wanted to connect the new iDevice to a hotspot, but on re-reading that was what another member mentioned. Do you intend to be wholly offline, or connect to a hotspot running on your regular phone?) Something else to consider when picking which model to go with.... iOS 13 has some very nice enhancements coming to CarPlay, one of which is split-screen mode to have navigation on one half of the screen, the other half showing music playback controls with the name of the song playing, as well some useful notifications. In my case, while iOS has had "Do No Disturb while driving" available for a couple years, it didn't work for me on my Pioneer unit until now (I'm on the beta version of iOS 13). At the moment, only Apple Maps is available in the split screen mode, but I don't know if that's just a matter of updates needed from 3rd parties to their own apps or what. Anyway, if you believe you will want these new features, you'll need an iPhone that supports iOS 13, which is the iPhone SE and the 6s onwards. The new features do work on Ford's Sync 3 system (my wife's car has that). [/QUOTE]
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