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Great technology. Roll it out to more phones than just your latest model.
by fortuna86 4y ago
Great technology. Roll it out to more phones than just your latest model.
- fckgw 4y agoHow? Push out an OTA update that installs an entirely new cellular modem with satellite communication frequencies?
- fortuna86 4y agoMost smartphones have GPS built in, are you telling me it was impossible to utilize existing hardware for this feature? Or was it a deliberate decision. Ok, perhaps not phone calls or text. What about a beacon feature?
- dagmx 4y agoHow? I don’t think you quite understand how this works or GPS for that matter. GPS is unidirectional. Your phone isn’t communicating back to the satellite.
- fortuna86 4y agoadmittedly I don't, but can't a GPS system can tell you where you are, why can't GPS systems know where each phone is and create an emergency system from that ?
- error503 4y agoGPS is receive only, the phone doesn't talk to the satellites, which just broadcast their signal to everyone. There is certainly a new radio (& ancillary equipment & antenna) in the latest model to support this feature.
- fortuna86 4y agoAny phone can still use Maps based on GPS, meaning any phone can send their location via GPS. Why not make an emergency beacon feature with this ?
- error503 4y agoNo, that's not what it means. The phone knows its location because it can receive the GPS signals. There is no 'sending' involved at all, GPS is receive-only. To 'beacon' something it needs a transmit radio. Traditionally this is the cellular network, but it appears Apple has added a new satellite radio to their phones to augment this.
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