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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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This is just an article.
Sorry for nitpicking.
But Apple doesn't pay for your traditional voice/data contract, so isn't this just the same? You'll not be paying for the feature, just the 3rd party communication service it runs over.
We wouldn't be reading about it on MacRumors if they had gotten rescued some other way, because this is an Apple forum. Why would MacRumors report on a couple saved in a canyon if it wasn't tangentially related to Apple?
I hear you bro... What are the odds of someone having an accident, any kind of accident, and they happen to have an iPhone? No doubt that Apple manufacturing 600,000+ iPhones every day of the year (on the average) is likely fake.
"Almost sounds like we wouldn’t be reading about it if they had gotten rescued some other way."
We're reading about it here because the Montrose Search and Rescue team, the people who rescued and possibly saved the car occupant's lives tweeted about the event. And, MR felt it was newsworthy as an Apple iPhone was used to summon help where there were no other communications options.
Completely irrational and sick comment. Disgusting level of comments here increases on a daily basis
No, I get it. I either missed, or it wasn’t clear during their massive marketing push, that the feature was not part of the Pro line experience but an additional service requiring addition fees. To realize that well after the fact, kind of dulls the initial excitement. For me.
Again, cool feature. For those that need/want, there’s the option. Awesome. Just a little disappointed to learn/realize it’s an add-on. That’s all.
Are there any good therapists in your area?
This may be one of the most absurd comments I’ve ever read on any forum. So you were saying that only if the event is a monumental earth changing event, should it be posted. How incredibly ridiculous. And I will tell you that being able to request help in an area that has no coverage, etc. is a godsend. The fact that some people can’t understand this is incredibly sad. this isn’t nitpicking, it’s pathetic.
I'd say it's a life changing moment for those who got rescued. Just because it ain't grand in the grand scheme of things, doesn't make it any less important.
Even if NASA discovered life on Mars, it's probably Matt Damon's potato farm.🙃
Ha. Apparently I don't. I thought it was 2 months. 🤪
Regardless… I’m just not used to one of the more marquee iPhone Pro features they shared for the 14 series update being a paid add-on 2 yrs down the road. That’s just a different approach from Apple. They normally tout features that come bundled on the device. You just gotta get the device. But I get it…It’s a cool service/feature that is separate from Apple. And if you want/need this feature, there will be a fee. Check.
You guys are completely and absolutely out of control. Why in the world would you bring this up in this thread? And to make it even worse you don’t even describe what you are talking about. There is clearly no respect for other users. I must have at least 100 people in my ignore file and you were going to be the next.
If you were disappointed, then simply don’t use the feature and don’t complain about it when you need it and you don’t have it. See how simple that is?
This forum is becoming more like the old “dear Abby“ every day.
Was this an automatic call or was it an earlier iPhone? "The victims sent an Emergency SOS via Satellite text message to one of Apple's relay centers." The press often gets details wrong.
@fieldsthatflow Glad you're OK. Did you activate the call or was it the automatic call that did it.
This incident showed my again where Apple Maps fails compared to Google Maps. Search was for "Monkey Canyon" in both cases. We frequently go that area and I was curious exactly where it was. I doubt many know Monkey Canyon; I'd never heard of it.
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It’s not unprecedented, a vast number of iPhone Pro features require cellular service which is a monthly fee. Apple One, monthly fee. Even if you just want Apple Music to use the new Sing feature, that’s a fee.
And they didn't know where to look apparently. PS We have too many annoying (news) helicopters flying in LA.