How DARE a company highlight something they created which helped save a life. We should shame doctors for mentioning anything about treating patients. It's just evil marketing and tooting their own horns.
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iPhone 14 Crash Detection and Emergency SOS via Satellite Lead Rescuers to Car That Fell Into Remote Canyon
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If they have insurance it'll be covered. If they don't, it'll be written off, as most of such rescues are.
Until it saves your sorry apple...
Kayak, hike and travel in no cell service areas. Nice to have another option that hopefully one never needs to use.
The only curious thought I had is why is the helicopter being recorded in a video, and from where?
Back in the day of SARSAT, satellites that received ELT signals from downed aircraft, the resolution was around fifty miles depending upon the terrain and other signal reflective elements. This accurate and timely technology is outstanding! People have been rescued by cell phone triangulation but this is much better! This life saving technology should remain free of charge and benefit us all!
People upset by this are just projecting their own insecurity - they have nothing to offer and don't like it when others offer something so life-changing for these people and their families
If you follow the Twitter breadcrumbs, y'all find out people in the cars are... wait for it... influencers.😑😑😑
I'd bet dollars to donuts they were filming some stupid YouTube/TikTok crap when they went over the edge.😒 Doing stupid stunts or taking stupid risk for likes.🤦♂️ Ugh.
I'd bet dollars to donuts they were filming some stupid YouTube/TikTok crap when they went over the edge.😒 Doing stupid stunts or taking stupid risk for likes.🤦♂️ Ugh.
Are people here really making up conspiracy theories that this is staged?... I can't... 🤦♂️
Did the phone send the info via Satellite on its own? Or did one of the victims do it?
First said "An iPhone 14 model in the car detected the crash, and as there was no cellular signal, information was provided to rescuers using Emergency SOS via Satellite."
Then,
"The victims sent an Emergency SOS via Satellite text message to one of Apple's relay centers,"
Asking because I'm curios if it was able to do it on its own, or if it was manual. It needs line of site to satellites, right?
First said "An iPhone 14 model in the car detected the crash, and as there was no cellular signal, information was provided to rescuers using Emergency SOS via Satellite."
Then,
"The victims sent an Emergency SOS via Satellite text message to one of Apple's relay centers,"
Asking because I'm curios if it was able to do it on its own, or if it was manual. It needs line of site to satellites, right?
True but, it is much preferred over being dead.
If you routinely do this I highly recommend investing in a PLB. The one-way models are a one-time fee with no recurring costs. Compared to the iPhone it’s a much more powerful transmitter that can broadcast your location and an SOS for 24 hours continuously once activated. The iPhone is great because it’s a satellite beacon you always have with you, but if you know in advance you’re going to be in these situations, I recommend a dedicated device as well.
No, I think that's just an error in the article (likely due to the fact that most people from the U.S. are ignorant to the fact that Mexico is part of North America 🙄)
If the victims don't respond to a prompt from the phone or watch, emergency services are automatically contacted.
Use Crash Detection on iPhone or Apple Watch to call for help in an accident - Apple Support
If your iPhone or Apple Watch detects a severe car crash, your device can help connect you to emergency services.
OK the phone detected the crash. It doesn't say anything about the status of the victims here. You can be fully conscious and your iPhone will still detect a crash
I would say this required manual input manual input to align the phone for the satellite. Someone was at least conscious to do it
I don't think that will work for satellite. I think it requires some sort of manual alignment but I could be wrong on this. I know it will call emergency services over cellular.If the victims don't respond to a prompt from the phone or watch, emergency services are automatically contacted.
Use Crash Detection on iPhone or Apple Watch to call for help in an accident - Apple Support
If your iPhone or Apple Watch detects a severe car crash, your device can help connect you to emergency services.support.apple.com
The vast majority of cars that go over the cliffs in that region, are never heard from again. Their phone definitely saved them. Awesome stuff honestly.
It’s a good feature, much like the heart monitor in the Apple Watch. Yes we all like to poke fun at technology let’s just not confuse humour with such a good feature.
Two people involved in a serious accident that occurred yesterday afternoon were rescued and located through new features available on the latest iPhone 14 models, including Emergency SOS via Satellite and Crash Detection.
The incident took place on the Angeles Forest Highway in the Angeles National Forest in California, with a vehicle careening over the side of a mountain to fall approximately 300 feet into a remote canyon. An iPhone 14 model in the car detected the crash, and as there was no cellular signal, information was provided to rescuers using Emergency SOS via Satellite.
The victims sent an Emergency SOS via Satellite text message to one of Apple's relay centers, and a relay center employee then called the LA County Sheriff's department for help. The two people involved in the crash were located by the Montrose Research and Rescue Team and lifted out with a helicopter. They were brought to a local hospital and were treated for mild to moderate injuries, with the whole rescue caught on video.
The Montrose Search and Rescue Team confirmed that Emergency Satellite service from Apple was used to get help, and tweets shared show the extensive damage that the vehicle suffered when it fell down the mountain. The Search and Rescue Team said that Apple's call center was able to provide "an accurate latitude and longitude for the victims."
Apple's Emergency Satellite via SOS feature was recently used to rescue a man stranded in a remote area of Alaska, and the Crash Detection feature has been successfully used several times, including once for a Redditor who was able to get to his wife minutes after she suffered a serious accident thanks to the alert.
Crash Detection and Emergency Satellite via SOS are available to all iPhone 14 users. The SOS feature can be activated when an emergency situation occurs and there is no WiFi or cellular connection available.
As of right now, Emergency SOS via Satellite is available in North America, France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK. It is free to use for two years, and Apple has not yet provided detail on how much it will cost going forward.
Article Link: iPhone 14 Crash Detection and Emergency SOS via Satellite Lead Rescuers to Car That Fell Into Remote Canyon
I don’t understand the issue about marketing. Apple build and advertise this feature, and it works…. So yes, product works as advertised. Should they use examples like this to advertise their product? Sure!
I still say Apple should offer this service for free, even after their two-year free period. How many tens of millions does Apple routinely give away to AIDS, LGBT+, racial, social justice causes? This should be another one of their causes.
This is great and all but really does every single crash or rescue need a press release centric to Apple? There are plenty of technologies that assist with things like this. It just feels like some of these articles are specifically geared to blow sunshine up Apple’s rear end or they’re just copy and paste jobs from Apple’s PR department. Which to be fair is routine business for corporate centric publications. Still…. I’d try to dress it up a bit to make it seem less obvious. LOL
Now we can all go back to praising Apple for including this in some of their latest products. (Honestly it is a good thing.)
Now we can all go back to praising Apple for including this in some of their latest products. (Honestly it is a good thing.)