With iOS 18, iPhone users can send SMS via satellite.

[Pivo]

I will need to consider on whether keeping my inReach after the iOS update is viable.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/12/iphone-s ... ic%2Fapple

[Pivo]

How Messages via Satellite will work on iOS 18.
https://www.engadget.com/how-messages-v ... ccounter=1

[Pivo]

Colorado 911 centers have received dozens of emergency alerts from the iPhone's satellite SOS function in the past year, but backcountry experts say enthusiasts should still consider the functionality of other satellite communication devices like the Garmin inReach.
I did sell my inReach.


https://www.summitdaily.com/news/iphone ... ckcountry/

[Pivo]

What’s the news: Coming on the heels of FCC approval, T-Mobile has opened registration for a beta program for T-Mobile Starlink, a direct-to-cell satellite service that will help eliminate dead zones by providing coverage for the 500,000 square miles of land in the United States not covered by earth-bound cell towers.

“T-Mobile Starlink is the first major low-earth orbit constellation in the world paired with terrestrial cellular spectrum, making the phone in your pocket work in areas of the U.S. that have never, and probably never will, have ground based coverage,” said Mike Katz, President of Marketing, Strategy and Products, T-Mobile. “It’s a truly groundbreaking engineering breakthrough and means that we are one step closer to helping T-Mobile customers have confidence that, no matter where they are, if they can see the sky, they will be covered by T-Mobile.”

https://www.t-mobile.com/news/network/t ... gistration

[chumley]

This is gonna be such a fun thread to go back and read 5 years from now.