With iPhone 14, Apple introduced Emergency SOS via Satellite, which lets users contact emergency services in places where there’s no...

With iPhone 14, Apple introduced Emergency SOS via Satellite, which lets users contact emergency services in places where there’s no…

  • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    2 years ago

    his brother’s girlfriend’s cousin

    Stories that start this way are always super credible.

  • chriscrutch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 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.

  • deleted@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 years ago

    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.

      • deleted@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        2 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.

      • asudox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

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

  • Ankkuli@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 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.

      • HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 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. :(