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I have a small Garmin satellite messenger right now that is smaller than my phone - always seemed like those antennaes and chips could be eventually integrated.
by Melatonic 4y ago
I have a small Garmin satellite messenger right now that is smaller than my phone - always seemed like those antennaes and chips could be eventually integrated.
- wmf 4y agoThose are integrated into the iPhone 14. The throughput is so low that it's only for emergencies.
- gregoryl 4y agoSignificantly different use cases. Battery life, physical durability, etc are all significantly better than a phone.
- CottonMcKnight 4y agoIridium constellation orbits at 780km, while Starlink is slightly lower at 550km. Don't know how much, if any, difference that makes in the signal strength requirements. As I understand it, Iridium was designed with the tradeoff of accepting weaker signals with lower throughput, while Starlink wants high throughput and needs a stronger signal.