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Taolan13 t1_j6wqljv wrote

You do realize that apple patented the feature, right? So in order for Samsung to have an "answer" for it, they would either need to pay apple for licensing or develop a sufficiently unique way of doing it.

And y'all want to pretend like Samsung are the bad guys.

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ImplodingLlamas t1_j6x5s0m wrote

What part of it did Apple patent?

Qualcomm, the company that makes the processors for Samsung phones, just recently unveiled their own satellite-based SMS system. I'm betting it was simply too late to add to this year's model and we'll see it in the S24.

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mofa90277 t1_j6xcqbi wrote

Apple didn’t patent “satellite phones;” it patented a satellite antenna switching system to reuse antenna components. Nothing is preventing other manufacturers from implementing general satellite phone communications.

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Taolan13 t1_j6xcw86 wrote

Apple,'s SOS feature is not a satellite phone feature.

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