Garmin unveils inReach Messenger: a $300 device to send texts over satellite
- GregLu
- nRd
- 29 Sep 2022
Anonymous, 28 Sep 2022Nothing that can't be fixed with some tin foil. The sl... moreSorry but I'm not that kind of person 😂
A energy crisis or even recession/inflation that high and all (shrinkflation, small business owners that are over debt after 2020) wasn't seeable a few month back, look at it now 🙃
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- andrei.cain
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- 29 Sep 2022
Peter-B, 27 Sep 2022That's not quite true, maybe I should have put in a mo... moreOh okay, my bad, thanks!
- kevvv
- txE
- 29 Sep 2022
Anonymous, 27 Sep 2022So you carry a phone that does the same thing, for FREE and... moreWdym "free"? The one from iPhone is also not free if you want to know...
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- Anonymous
- 0Tk
- 28 Sep 2022
GregLu, 28 Sep 2022I wonder why; perhaps planning a future blackout of the tel... moreNothing that can't be fixed with some tin foil. The slightly cheaper Garmin is a great stopgap for those in remote locations, at least until Musk's Starlink phone service becomes operational (T-Mobile just signed an agreement). In the meantime, the iPhone 14 is the cheapest and easiest way for most occasional users to take advantage of what the technology offers.
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- Anonymous
- nI8
- 28 Sep 2022
Anonymous, 27 Sep 2022So you carry a phone that does the same thing, for FREE and... moreAnd which phone is that then ?
- GregLu
- nRd
- 28 Sep 2022
Anonymous, 27 Sep 2022So satellite messaging is trending in 2022. Who even uses a... moreI wonder why; perhaps planning a future blackout of the telecom grid ? Or perhaps not enough power to sustain all ? I hope I'm wrong about all this ✌
Have a bad feeling about this, sadly 😶
- Peter-B
- xJM
- 27 Sep 2022
andrei.cain, 27 Sep 2022Nobody is gonna point out the fact that the smaller, Safety... moreThat's not quite true, maybe I should have put in a more detailed pricing table. Here's the full thing:
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/837461/pn/010-06000-SU
With the Recreation plan (and Expedition) the device can send location updates for free. With the Safety plan, each location update is $0.10.
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- Trooper
- mE0
- 27 Sep 2022
I guess not many people can boast that they have received a text message from space...
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- Trooper
- mE0
- 27 Sep 2022
lneam, 27 Sep 2022garmin and inReach are at the end of life systems. At the n... moreAnd your sources for this information is ?.
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- andrei.cain
- spt
- 27 Sep 2022
Nobody is gonna point out the fact that the smaller, Safety subscription is actually a better deal than the Recreational one? If you send 40 texts with the Safety subscription you'll have to pay an overcharge of 0.5$ * 30 texts which is 15$. Add that to the 15$ subscription and the total is 30$, which is 5$ cheaper than the Recreational subscription.
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- AnonD-834088
- iLW
- 27 Sep 2022
How safe is this then,txs could end up anywhere,we wouldn't know 😱
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- Anonymous
- QwG
- 27 Sep 2022
So you carry a phone that does the same thing, for FREE and this device which costs money to use??? Wtf
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- lneam
- xyK
- 27 Sep 2022
garmin and inReach are at the end of life systems. At the next 2-3 years all the new smartphones iOS and Android will use at 100% satellites for SOS sms
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- Anonymous
- vGG
- 27 Sep 2022
So satellite messaging is trending in 2022. Who even uses ancient cell towers anymore
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- Dan
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- 27 Sep 2022
I'd like if this was the only way your girlfriend could text you, so she wouldn't annoy you 24/7.