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needlesfox OP t1_j6ydpg8 wrote

Reply to comment by Sinful-Sammy in Samsung's S23s don't have an answer to Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite by needlesfox

Apple says it's free for two years from when you get the phone, and hasn't said anything about how much it'll cost after that period. I bet they haven't decided yet, because... well, they won't have to deal with it for another year and a half at this point.

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Sinful-Sammy t1_j6yftaa wrote

Wow two years of free service is nice. I was just thinking it's such a useful feature but if you don't pay for it and get lost you can't just simply activate it lol. Hmm.

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needlesfox OP t1_j6yg188 wrote

It's interesting because some dedicated emergency satellite devices actually work like that. My Garmin Inreach warns me every time I start it up that it will not do an emergency SOS call if I don't have an active subscription.

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Sinful-Sammy t1_j6yhoar wrote

Oh that's neat. Sounds super useful. I'm surprised Samsung isn't pushing for this feature.

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