Apple and Globalstar Rumored to Announce Satellite Connectivity for iPhone 14

Re:Apple and Globalstar Rumored to Announce Satellite Connec... by tra3 on Saturday August 27, 2022 @11:04AM (#32619805)

Well, I’ve got a garmin inreach that uses iridium and it’s been quite reliable. Inreach mini is cell phone sized… of course it’s super low bandwidth so I assume that’s what’s gonna happen with the new functionality as well. Anyway all speculation at this point.

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Re:Apple and Globalstar Rumored to Announce Satellite Connec... by prescriptivist on Saturday August 27, 2022 @11:44AM (#32620241)

I spend a fair amount of time in northern New England and my mini takes a while to connect and sync up (10 minutes or more in some cases) and requires more or less stabilizing it somewhere where there is no tree cover. I wonder if these various satellite/phone connections coming online will require similar steps.

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Re:Apple and Globalstar Rumored to Announce Satellite Connec... by katbyte on Saturday August 27, 2022 @12:44PM (#32620786)

If my iPhone could replace my inreach for sos/simple texting and data I’d be over the moon. That’s all I want out of sat connectivity

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