Apple gives iPhone 14 users an extra year of free emergency SOS via satellite

15 November 2023
There’s still no word on the actual pricing for Emergency SOS via satellite after the free trial period eventually ends.

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  • Anonymous
  • JHP
  • 21 Nov 2023

Should be free

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    • AngryLithuanian
    • dSV
    • 17 Nov 2023

    Slow early adoption hence the 'freebie' extension.

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      • Anonymous
      • 70d
      • 17 Nov 2023

      Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023Good point but best implementation should be "pay per ... moreYou don't get it. If it's pay per use, the vast majority of users won't subscribe to the service.

        Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023The Android cheapskates here are incapable of understanding... moreThe concepts of using Android phones and understanding how health taxes work aren't mutually exclusive. Most of the world uses Android, and most of the world has tax-funded healthcare..

          Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023It is free. Apple provides this freeOnly for a certain amount of time. I hope that Google, Huawei, and other companies do it for free with no catches.

            Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023It's an EMERGENCY message, that should be free, no mat... moreI just KNEW there would be some Android fanboy complaining about this in in discussion literally about !!Apple providing extra year of free service!!. Do Android manufacturers provide this service for free? Of course they don't - they don't care if you drop dead because you gave them money already.

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              • NJ Indian
              • s8c
              • 16 Nov 2023

              Well, even after a year of launch of 14, SOS via satellite service is still not available in the countries like India & some others. Since, this service is bundled with the phone from the date of purchasing (apple never gives you anything for free), apple should refund the subscription amount to the users of those countries. But they won't, as usual greedy apple -_-

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                • xjH
                • 16 Nov 2023

                Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023Well yes because they live for creed we will take all our w... moreWealth is mostly associated with family, ancestor etc. like someone in any family got lucky or used most efficient ways to earn that wealth, thus the upcoming generations were blessed.
                We all can be that ancestor who starts growing their wealth or start losing.🤓

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                  • xjH
                  • 16 Nov 2023

                  AnonD-1107890, 15 Nov 2023I didn't know this service wasn't free. That'... moreVery nice.
                  You just proved by sharing your words that you don't know how economy runs.
                  Even if people don't use their mobile for call, data, sms, the operator needs to operate those tower and those are not free.
                  Operating satelites also includes cost, who pays for that?
                  Some AI?
                  😅

                    AnonD-1107890, 15 Nov 2023I didn't know this service wasn't free. That'... moreYou should have done some research
                    Apple uses 85% of Globalstar’ satellite network capacity for this feature. They also had to invest quite a bit in hardware development to make it possible

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 3qx
                      • 15 Nov 2023

                      AnonD-1107890, 15 Nov 2023I didn't know this service wasn't free. That'... moreIf it was free you would send text via sattelite when there is no service. Regular text, and now scale that to bilion of apple devices

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                        • Anonymous
                        • ns@
                        • 15 Nov 2023

                        Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023Most “free” emergency services are taxpayer funded. Are yo... moreNo, but a trillion dollar cash cow company surely has the pocket change to fund the services which might keep its customer-cows alive right?

                        B4 unruly rage: comment has been typed from a mac with a iPhone 14 sitting next to the keyboard.

                        P.S. This emergency service is not available in my country, so I don't even have a dog in this race.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • YYX
                          • 15 Nov 2023

                          Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023Most “free” emergency services are taxpayer funded. Are yo... moreThe Android cheapskates here are incapable of understanding that, lol.

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                            • AnonD-1107890
                            • JBx
                            • 15 Nov 2023

                            I didn't know this service wasn't free. That's such scam. It is emergency service, it should be free. I bet it doesn't cost anything for Apple to run it since people don't get into emergency that often.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • kt$
                              • 15 Nov 2023

                              Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023It's an EMERGENCY message, that should be free, no mat... moreMost “free” emergency services are taxpayer funded. Are you proposing countries start directly funding this and paying Apple?

                                This is amazing for the 3 customers who use this featute

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Bnx
                                  • 15 Nov 2023

                                  Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023Good point but best implementation should be "pay per ... moreYes some kind of prepaid plan or whatever, just make sure you got yourself acces to it by buying a number of emergency messages for example. Of course you don't know how many you need of such emergency messages when you are in a dire situation but maybe it could be like 20 for 5 bucks or something, just an example.

                                  Would definetly be smthing I would like to have, and that I would pay for. Not that I need such a thing where I live but for when ones to go hiking in the mountains, for example.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • nDy
                                    • 15 Nov 2023

                                    TheSquiddyNerd, 15 Nov 2023But they'd better do it for freeIt is free. Apple provides this free

                                      Anonymous, 15 Nov 2023The others hopefully will copy paste AppleBut they'd better do it for free

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • nDy
                                        • 15 Nov 2023

                                        The others hopefully will copy paste Apple

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