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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 44 points 3 years ago (1 child)

9to5 Mac is by virtue of the name very celebratory of Apple things.

Focus more on the tech saving people’s lives.

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[–] AnonymousBaba@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

its saves nearly every month a person . before it was apple accident detection feature before that it was apple watch and so on .

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 24 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

Tech like this helps people in more subtle ways, too.

I bought an Apple Watch to monitor my heart rate because a symptom of something I was diagnosed with was it could cause it to speed up. When my doctor decided to take me off the meds that kept it lowered, it was only thanks to the data from my watch that she put me back on it - she didn’t believe me when I said my heart rate felt like it had started going too fast and I was running out of breath too easily after she took me off them (she pointed to blood test numbers as “proof” I didn’t need them anymore), then I pulled out my phone and pulled up the app that collated the data from my watch, and showed her the giant spike in numbers after she took me off the meds.

Then she went, “…ah,” and put me back on the heart meds. She wouldn’t have otherwise.

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[+] scytale@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 1 point 3 years ago

Yup. Graves’ Disease.

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[–] AnonymousBaba@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

it did what is was supposed to do . you could have used any heart rate monitering device to give her data . you know androids also have these feature but we dont see news article about it or people saying my android device saved me .

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[–] sugarfree@lemmy.world 31 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

It's a genuinely good feature, we're going to continue seeing positive stories like this as more people use it in life threatening situations.

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[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 years ago

It’s made me think about situations I might end up in that would benefit from this extra layer of safety where previously I’ve just YOLO’d and not gotten unlucky.

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[–] milady@lemmy.world 23 points 3 years ago

It is an ad.

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[–] EnderWi99in@kbin.social -4 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

Because it is. Apple does this shit all time and it's enfuriating. Especially considering Android offers exactly the same feature so there's no "thanking" a brand when both major platforms do this. People just lap it up though.

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[–] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 10 points 3 years ago

Which Android phones have satellite access? I saw Qualcomm came out with hardware in the beginning of the year that can also sms over satellite but haven't seen an Android phone with it yet.

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[–] my_blackest_day@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago

Which android phone has the same feature?

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 40 points 3 years ago

his brother’s girlfriend’s cousin

Stories that start this way are always super credible.

[–] Louisoix@lemm.ee 35 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I really was hoping that we won't see these stupid ads here and they're left on Reddit.

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[–] transistor@lemdro.id 24 points 3 years ago (1 child)

"emergency service personnels rescue people thanks to Radio" you will never see headlines like this

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[–] AnonymousBaba@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

or thanks to android phone couse they were able to call for help

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[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago

/hailcorporate

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[–] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

When Android does the same thing but the article calls out Apple specifically. It was a thing constantly on Reddit, but why wouldn't we expect it here too? Fanboys of Apple are happy to peddle their wares everywhere.

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social [S] 4 points 3 years ago*

What Android phone does this yet? Qualcomm announced they’d be releasing chipsets in Q2 of this year that can do it, but what phones have it?

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago

I'm interested in the arguments when usb c drops for iphones.

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[–] deleted@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

I’d upgrade my iPhone just for this feature. Unfortunately, it’s not available yet where I live.

In my country, we have people missing in dessert on daily basis. Thankfully, many are found by volunteers with the help of last known location or by if sharing their trip plan before leaving.

This feature would save their lives.

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

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[–] Rykzon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Or you know, just get a dedicated gps device like Inreach for a a few hundred $ one time + gps plan as you need. I wouldn't rely on my iPhone for truly expedition like situations you actually plan for.

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[–] deleted@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It’s not the case people get lost or missing because they don’t have a gps.

They mostly do have a gps but either they get injured (falling in a well or between rocks) or their car breaks down / get stuck.

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[–] Rykzon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Yeah I didn't mean gps as in navigation, Inreach is a dedicated satellite communicator. I meant I wouldn't trust an iPhone for emergency communication if I plan to go somewhere extremely remote

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[–] deleted@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

Ooh.. I didn’t know such products exists.

I thought consumer satellite communications is purely for expensive phone calls.

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[–] realharo@lemm.ee 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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[–] deleted@lemmy.world 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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[+] Rooki@lemmy.world -15 points 3 years ago (2 children)

The spying feature xd

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[–] deleted@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago

It’s not spying.. actually it’s to send your location one time upon your request. And you need to manually aim your phone.

Id not be surprised if one time location send would take 3-5% of the battery as it’ll take 15-60 seconds to transmit you location.

The satellite is 1400km away so not your average 3km cellular tower.

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[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I mean, the connection to the satellite is already barely powerful to send a few bytes of text.

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

But still bytes that you are there

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[–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Bruh, you could more easily spy with the cellular connection.

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

But with spots without? For those that could be the use case..Nit even to track you down to the meter but know the facinity you are in

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[–] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 0 points 3 years ago

Duh, that's what the damn location service is for, if you don't want to be tracked don't use a damn phone in the first place.

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[–] chriscrutch@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago

As a 911 operator, I hate the SOS function and it has just gotten worse. Between this and the "car crash" detection, I spend 40% of my work day tracking down false alarms, often at the expense of using resources for actual emergencies. If I ever meet the person who decided to turn on the SOS function by default, I'm going to punch them squarely in the nose.

[–] HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Why can't I see the 21 comments that are suppose to be in here?

[–] sugarfree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Are you using an app? I can see all 22 from my Lemmy.world account.

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[–] HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Nope, on my lemmy.world account via the web. Posting that comment spun forever until I refreshed the page, and then my post was the only one visible. And now my lemmy inbox wouldn't load the first 5 times I tried. :(

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[–] brcl@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I’m having the same problem…

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[–] HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Your reply I can see. Nothing else besides my own.

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[–] potatisgris@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah, now it says there's 45 comments but I can only see 3

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[–] Ankkuli@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

Don’t post positive content about Apple on a general technology community because it must be an ad then. The rule is only to post negative news if it’s in anyway related to Apple. Only then it’s factual.

[–] raker@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

One iphone shall cometh to save us all

[+] LastoftheDinosaurs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

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