Apple Emergency SOS feature saves stranded man in Alaska in first known use

02 December 2022
The service was enabled in the US and Canada on November 15.

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Anonymous, 02 Dec 2022Good for him. I'm hoping he didn't walk into the ... moreImagine someone is tech savvy, smart enough to know and use latest features and stupid enough to go to die alone.
Just what apple needed.

    By this time , Everyone knows, apple loves to play superhero.
    Others launch features too , but somehow only apple saves everyone.

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      • gIP
      • 02 Dec 2022

      Yeah, saving one mans life but destroying thousand others in China with disabling Airdrop to keep the protesters silent

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        • Anonymous
        • y2e
        • 02 Dec 2022

        AnonD-1037771, 02 Dec 2022I know that they have to make money somehow, but this is li... moreFor actual 911 calls requiring emergency transport, you get billed by the state later.

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          • 3RM
          • 02 Dec 2022

          I know that they have to make money somehow, but this is like asking people for money to call 911. And you can't call because you didn't subscribe lmao.
          Great feature though. Hope it will really help save lives!

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            • Anonymous
            • XUn
            • 02 Dec 2022

            Girl, 02 Dec 2022AdsNo doubt.
            pure commercial

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              • Anonymous
              • XUn
              • 02 Dec 2022

              investing 100,000$ or more creating a drama, pay few actors then use the media to cover and spread the drama as news.
              why?
              creatung both a sense of fear for life and a token of arrogance to sell a subscription service billions of time to millions of iPhone users.

              If this was sold in a way so that people don't have to subscribe for this product every year then this would have been something legitimate.

                SShock, 02 Dec 2022Respect for what or who? Elon? LMAO. He's a joke.Because you said so?

                  [deleted post]Lol, yeah, whatever. I've seen this kid of an adult whining and throwing tantrums and talk absolute nonsense about anything tech related. He's no genius, people working behind his name are. He just steals all their credit and is obnoxiously loud online. That's all.

                    notafanboy, 02 Dec 2022Show some respect.Respect for what or who? Elon? LMAO. He's a joke.

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                      • txE
                      • 02 Dec 2022

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 7tT
                        • 02 Dec 2022

                        Say what you may , but Apple gadgets actually end up saving lives !!!

                          [deleted post]Show some respect.

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                            • 02 Dec 2022

                            Swaraj, 02 Dec 2022sos feature on a device that doesn't last longer that... more10 hours? It's not like the guy was watching youtube the whole time. Phones last a lot longer than that when idle.

                            Why are you being such a negative nancy? The feature rescued a guy from probable harm

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                              • 02 Dec 2022

                              Swaraj, 02 Dec 2022sos feature on a device that doesn't last longer that... moreI can assure you a professional satellite equipment doesn't even last that long a iphone does, so most people prepare themself for circumstances like that.

                              Also I dont see the iphone being meant for that only, no smartphone is.

                              It's like people that use smartwatches to measure health stats because their doctor asked to (common thing in my country) yet the data does not compare to real equipment at a hospital for example.

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                                • Ycm
                                • 02 Dec 2022

                                Good for him. I'm hoping he didn't walk into the tundra to test the feature out like a fool.

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                                  Olympus Oms, 02 Dec 2022Good thing he was as around America.! Imagine if it was in ... moreAnybody serious would get real satellite equipment if they went to such a place like Greenland.

                                  This is for the more regular people I assume.

                                    Anonymous, 02 Dec 2022What perfect way and time to promote Apple's new featu... moreIt was a bit hard for this to be a news when consumer phones didn't have this feature, ever thought of that? And that's in a country where iPhones are very popular.

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                                      • Hkt
                                      • 02 Dec 2022

                                      sos feature on a device that doesn't last longer that 10 hrs of use ? let's all pass ..

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • jMx
                                        • 02 Dec 2022

                                        What perfect way and time to promote Apple's new feature! So convenient and suspicious!