I’m surprised that nobody mentioned satellite SOS on iPhone 14 and presumably newer. One would be my next upgrade when the iPhone 8 quits. It won’t take ios17 f

I’m surprised that nobody mentioned satellite SOS on iPhone 14 and presumably newer. One would be my next upgrade when the iPhone 8 quits. It won’t take ios17 for better or worse, and still takes very fine 28mm equivalent photos, some of my nicest, despite all my camera gear. Right place, right time. I DO carry an 8X zoom lumix almost all the time. It’s smaller than a phone except for thickness, a BIG DEAL with phones. I have “deep pockets” in the non-money sense. And, I often carry the old coolpix, with 24-1000mm equivalent focal length. Just not in the car during the summer, for the same reason you don’t leave CD’s sitting on the dashboard when parked. A family was hiking nearby in hot weather. Despite being experienced hikers (or perhaps overconfident because of their experience) they needed rescue. Cellular signal was absent, and a satellite SOS probably would have saved them. Lesson learned. Nobody uses CB or FRS, though less the satellite capability, leaving one the ranger and taking the other is better than nothing, perhaps. I remember playing phone tag many times, with public phones. Cellular has saved vast amounts of anxiety and frustration. IMO, satellite SOS, when you’re out of range of cell coverage (which is much of where I live) is the next game changer, not AI processing of photos, nor other doodads. Zoom is relative to the “normal” wide 24mm equivalent, so for lots of extra money, (pro) you can get “3X” or 77mm or for tons of extra money, (max) you get 5X or 120 mm. equivalent. Finally, cameras are generally made to last, and not be flipped every few years.