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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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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Anyone in the know here? How the heck does a non-sat phone contact a sattelite?

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[–] Kangie@lemmy.srcfiles.zip 3 points 3 years ago

It's a sat phone, just a somewhat limited one.

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