> It's text for now
Text is announced for 2024. And personally, I'd be really surprised if that actually works out for unmodified phones sold today. I've written more about that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37848212
Text is announced for 2024. And personally, I'd be really surprised if that actually works out for unmodified phones sold today. I've written more about that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37848212
No, this is entirely different from what Garmin and others sell.
Those devices require dedicated hardware (and a subscription plan) to talk to satellites. Also you can only send and receive text messages. (no voice, extremely limited data (like weather reports))
What SpaceX are doing uses a completely normal phone, with a completely normal phone plan. It's text for now, but voice and data are coming.