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Re:The iPhone 13 Does Not Have Satellite Internet, Band N53 ... by umeshunni on Thursday September 02, 2021 @05:11PM (#28397409)
The facts are:

1. The iPhone 13 will have a new chip

2. The new chip is capable of additional bands licensed by Globalstar

3. Globalstar happens to be a satellite company.

Media thinks iPhone 13 can talk to satellites, when what it can really talk to is new 5G bands licensed by Globalstar.

Also see https://twitter.com/saschasegan/status/1432156621690576900

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Re:The iPhone 13 Does Not Have Satellite Internet, Band N53 ... by wyldfire on Thursday September 02, 2021 @05:48PM (#28397790)
Maybe it's more profitable for satcomm companies to just retire their fleet in general and relicense their spectrum to terrestrial wireless telcos.
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Re:The iPhone 13 Does Not Have Satellite Internet, Band N53 ... by ksec on Thursday September 02, 2021 @06:45PM (#28398315)
I seriously seriously doubt it will be X60 and a half.

It will be X60 ( And if will have Touch ID ), does not support the band and it is as simple as that. And on the subject of Modem, I thought HN wanted Apple to get rid of Qualcomm?

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