Yesterday, Apple introduced the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro. One of the most important innovations in them was the satellite communications for emergency communications. Elon Musk revealed on Twitter that SpaceX had “promising talks” with Apple about connecting to Starlink.
We’ve had some promising conversations with Apple about Starlink connectivity. iPhone team is obv super smart.
For sure, closing link from space to phone will work best if phone software & hardware adapt to space-based signals vs Starlink purely emulating cell tower.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 8, 2022
The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro have added support for satellite communications in Emergency SOS. The feature will launch this November in the US and Canada and will be free for the first two years.
Apple also said it will spend $450 million to expand available satellite infrastructure. Much of this Globalstar funding will go to other operators.
In today’s post, Musk didn’t go into details of the talks with Apple, but praised the iPhone development team.
Days before the iPhone 14 announcement, SpaceX and T-Mobile announced a partnership. T-Mobile hopes to integrate its midband spectrum into Starlink V2 satellites, which will be launched as early as next year. This feature will allow T-Mobile customers to connect directly to Starlink satellites when cellular or Wi-Fi is not available.
Starlink and T-Mobile will connect smartphones with 5G to satellites – this will cover the “dead zones”
Jerelo: 9to5mac
