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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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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
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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
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Which android phone has the same feature?

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