Xingji, founded by the leadership of the auto giant Geely and owning almost 80% of Meizu shares, has begun to share its plans for its first smartphones. The first novelties will be released next year; obviously, we are talking about the Meizu 19 line. The head of Xingji, Wang Yong, said that one of their main features will be “multi-mode bionic interaction design”, whatever that means. Judging by Wang Yong’s hints, he wants the display to be not only a means of human interaction with a smartphone, considering the need for integration with AR glasses and, of course, Geely cars. All this should ensure that the user is always in touch with the smartphone – and not just when looking at it.
Another innovation in this direction was announced in an official statement from Xingji: in the future, the company intends to release the world’s first smartphone with support for satellite communications in low orbits. Note that satellite smartphones as such are not new, but usually communication takes place via satellites in geostationary or geotransfer orbits (be it Thuraya smartphones or Chinese gadgets with Tiantong support) – this is about 36,000 km. Satellite messages in Huawei Mate 50 Pro are sent via Beidou navigation system satellites flying at an altitude of about 25,000 km.
Thuraya satellite smartphone
In contrast, satellites in low orbits fly at altitudes of about 2000 km, which greatly simplifies the connection to them. Perhaps it is thanks to this that Geely / Xingji / Meizu intend to implement satellite connectivity in a “user-class” smartphone, and not in a huge brick with an awesome price. Note that the other day, the American operator T-Mobile came up with a slightly different initiative to popularize satellite communications: together with SpaceX, it will launch conventional cellular base stations into low orbit, which will allow existing smartphones to become satellite ones. It is not known if Geely/Xingji/Meizu is talking about a similar initiative, or if they are planning to use technologies like Iridium and StarLink.
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