Does the bezel turn to aid in directional travel using the compass?
243766
In aiding... of course. It designates your Azimuth... Have you ever used a compass before ? It's a spin dial to tell you degree's.
1112750
Yes it does. Just checked it out. There is a window in the lower left corner of the screen which can display time of day, altitude, or direction of travel. Just touch that window and you can select the options.
1576383
No compass per say. It uses GPS satellites to navigate. You cannot be on top of anything ferrous(steel) though as that upsets the accuracy. It is pretty good to find your way around the sky if you are new to this.
795630
It does in certain situations. On GPS mode it will "pop" open another window to show the turn/exit as shown.Also if watching a movie it and using the gps it will do the same. However there is no setting for you to do this yourself.
1835510
If you have a gps that's pretty flat, then yes. You can squeeze it in there and turn it any direction. But if you have a big clunky old school one like I do, then no.
1354952
No, it is NOT directional. You can put it on any way and it will look the same.
1654280
Since I attached the magnet the compass still works OK but the directional arrow on google maps rotates randomly, makes it very difficult to know which way your traveling. After I removed the magnet the phone still acts the same way.I can't be sure if the magnet was the cause but its pretty broken now and it may be as its quite an old iPhone 4S or that the magnet permanently damaged it, hope this helps.
2043129
Unless you have a different compass than I do it should move freely.the compass should float to level by watching bubble.the chrome outer ring with lines should move. I'm not advanced with it yet to do the side sighting. I hope this helps.
1654278
Since I attached the magnet the compass still works OK but the directional arrow on google maps rotates randomly, makes it very difficult to know which way your traveling. After I removed the magnet the phone still acts the same way. I can't be sure if the magnet was the cause but its pretty broken now and it may be as its quite an old iPhone 4S or that the magnet permanently damaged it, hope this helps.
557189
It orients to a magnetic north, but if you plan to use this for hiking or navigating unknown areas -- I'd pay a few more dollars and get a "real" compass. It works, but it truly isn't a device you should rely on for "stable directions".
1513365
On the sides it is, and the functionality depends on the application. But mainly it is used for navigation, as left,right, up, and down.
2256109
Yes, it works by friction, moving into divots that hold it in either portrait or landscape mode. Unfortunately on mine it doesn't stay in portrait mode and spins to landscape mode. Not sure if the newer ones have been improved, supposedly they have fixed the problem (from reading the reviews).
2016601
No swivel to turn left and right. Perhaps omission of that feature is the 'improvement' in this version.
2011866
Yes. It's under Mode > GPS. It can also show you a live compass, if needed.
1270551
Quite likely as the compass part is in the mirror. You would still have to install the mirror, but if you didn't install the temperature sensor I don't think that would have any effect on the compass.
1369469
Mine rotates to some extent [more like a pivot?]. It's nice to be able to shift the beam on trails when someone is walking towards me so I'm not blinding them.
1167344
I see you are right. Guess need to remove case for compass to work right. I had not used compass.