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Family rescued in Maui thanks to iPhone's satellite feature (9to5mac.com)
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With iPhone 14, Apple introduced Emergency SOS via Satellite, which lets users contact emergency services in places where there’s no...

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The other option is to buy satellite phone which cost $300/mo just to keep it for emergencies.

No it's not, there are other, much more affordable options, such as https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/837461/pn/010-06003-SU

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I didn’t know such products existed. I don’t even think they’re available in the middle east.

    The prices of satellite phone have came down lately to $1000 for the device and $60 per month for the service and call cost range between $5.5 to $8 a minute.

    It’s operated by asia satellite co.

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