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. 2015 Jul 31;15(8):18901–18933. doi: 10.3390/s150818901

Table 6.

Sensor specifications of some commercially available smartphones. Note the following abbreviations: accelerometer (A), gyroscope (G), magnetometer (M), barometer (B), g = 9.81 m·s−2.

A G M B Range Resolution
Galaxy Nexus ±2 g ±0.61 m·s−2
±2000 °/s ±0.06 °/s
±800 μT ±0.15 μT (x/y axis) ±0.30 μT (z axis)
300–1100 hPa ±1 hPa
HTC One ±4 g ±0.039 m·s−2
±2000 °/s ±0.06 °/s
±4900 μT ±0.15 μT
Samsung S4 ±2 g ±0.001 m·s−2
±500 °/s ±0.057 °/s
±1200 μT ±0.15 μT (x/y axis) ±0.25 μT (z axis)
300–1100 hPa ±1 hPa
Samsung S3 ±2 g ±0.01 m·s−2
±500 °/s ±0.015 °/s
±1200 μT ±0.30 μT
260–1260 hPa ±0.24 hPa
Samsung S2 ±2 g ±0.002 m·s−2
±2000 °/s ±0.06 °/s
±1200 μT ±0.30 μT
iPhone 6/6+ ±8 g ±0.002 m·s−2
±2000 °/s ±0.06 °/s
±4900 μT ±0.15 μT
300–1100 hPa ±0.16 hPa
iPhone 5/5s ±8 g ±0.002 m·s−2
±2000 °/s ±0.06 °/s
±1200 μT ±0.30 μT
iPhone 4/4s ±2 g ±0.002 m·s−2
±2000 °/s ±0.06 °/s
±1200 μT ±0.30 μT
LG Nexus 4 ±4 g ±0.001 m·s−2
±500 °/s ±0.015 °/s
±4912 μT ±0.15 μT
0–1100 hPa ±1 hPa