Elite 9 - achieving GPS lock, how long is too long?

[Onetenner]

I've been running an Elite 9 for five days now, one thing I've noticed is the delay in achieving GPS lock compared to other dashcams I've used in the same vehicle.
Worst I've seen is around 18 minutes, in very poor, overcast weather, typically, it seems to be upwards of five minutes if the vehicle is parked for over 20 minutes.
Paying closer attention to the app screenshots, there is a 'GPS Data Not Available' banner across the (presumably default) map of continental North America, once that banner disappears, the GPS position refines itself over a (usually) double-digit number of seconds.
These screenshots may help explain.

This one appears to have zoomed in to the centre of the continental mass

Finally, a GPS lock

The time zone (GMT) is set correctly and there is a clear view of the sky for the whole journey, before I email Blackvue support, does anyone think I've got unrealistic expectations and ~6 minutes is a reasonable amount of time (noting that other manufacturers cameras can lock up in seconds)? or is this an issue that needs looking at?
I've seen the issues with the GSM/LTE module causing the cameras GPS to be disregarded / inhibited, I don't think this is related as, other than the rear camera, there is no other device connected.

 

[Onetenner]

Today I swapped back to the ARC 900, despite being unpowered and out of the vehicle for a week, it took all of 90 seconds to get a GPS lock.
Took the dogs out on their daily run through the woods, when we got back in the car the GPS lock icon flashed for about 15 seconds before it went solid.
As mentioned in another thread, it does seem to be an inherent weakness with Blackvue - no response to my support email as yet but it's to be expected at this time of year.

 

[Dashcamuser567]

It took about 10-15 minutes for the Elite 9 to get a GPS while I was on the highway last night. Interesting that when I first got the dash cam it locked on very fast. The only thing that changed this week and last week is installing the rear camera.

 

[Onetenner]

Although it's never been 'quick', mine seemed to take longer after the turn of the year - may not be relevant, but as GPS relies on time & date to calculate position and seems to 'cold boot' rather than start off from last known position, it may be a factor.
I had the rear camera fitted from day one, the first power-up took about 20 mins, which is to be expected and (whilst not always that long) is pretty normal for GPS devices that were last used with a significantly different view of the sky.

 

[itskv]

I've noticed slow GPS connection as well, sometimes in a few mins, sometimes 10min+

 

[Onetenner]

It shouldn't be difficult to achieve a quick GPS lock - many other manufacturers of dashcams and other devices manage it, maybe it's a current draw issue keeping an accurate RTC running in the camera or maybe it's coded that way intentionally - although I can't imagine why.
Initially I did think that the default location was set to the centre (ish) of North America as that seems to be the prime customer base and the sky view being preset there would allow fast GPS lock, it appears from the two posters above that is not the case!
There must be some coding defaulting the map view to North America (even when the GPS not available banner is present) otherwise the default location would be in the Gulf of Guinea in common with most other GPS cold boot defaults.

I just don't buy the 'it's your car' excuse, especially as other manufacturers devices work as well, or better than expected. I have a 'cheap as chips' Android tablet with integrated GPS that I use for (I suppose you'd call it) off-grid navigation, last time I used it, It was shipped from UK to southern Africa whilst completely powered down, placed in a vehicle very similar to mine and powered up on the move. The GPS had a lock before the mapping software had fully loaded - and that's moved across the equator, so a completely different set of satellites to it's last known good position.
It's very frustrating, to the point that Blackvue is no longer on my list for future consideration, despite the Elite 9 having some good points, to me, a dashcam should reliably record clear video with speed and location information.
That's it.
Everything else is a bonus, if it can't achieve the basics, then HDR, online connectivity, ADAS features etc. are pointless.

 

[Dashcamuser567]

Its unfortunate, I am starting to like my Elite 9. Every dash cam seems to be "almost" perfect but has one or two silly decisions or quirks to prevent it from being so.