1. I was referring to the crash detection feature, per my previous post.
2. Cringely says satellite communications will work on older iPhones. QED.
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2. Cringely says satellite communications will work on older iPhones. QED.
"Then they should enable the feature on other iPhones."
Older iPhones do not have satellite communication. If you believe they do, simply explain how that is, and in what circumstances.
Feel free to use examples, say someone with an iPhone 13 (or older) having direct communications to another party via a satellite.
What yesterday’s Apple satellite announcement really means | I, Cringely
The SpaceX/T-Mobile announcement two weeks ago took away from Apple its ability to control the pace of change for cellular in space.
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Steve Jobs is holding out on us.
Cause not all of us need for our moms to know we are frequenting the local brothel?
Cool. Just because I don’t need my friends to know where I am every second of the day, doesn’t mean they aren’t my friends. But to each their own.
Cool. I don’t use a family sharing group and don’t think I ever would with my family, but I’ll look into it.
"We (you and I, based on my previous column) already knew, for example, that ANY iPhone can be made to work with Globalstar."What yesterday’s Apple satellite announcement really means | I, Cringely
The SpaceX/T-Mobile announcement two weeks ago took away from Apple its ability to control the pace of change for cellular in space.
Steve Jobs is holding out on us.
Simply explain how that would work since there is no satellite receiver (other than GPS using spread spectrum at a specific RF frequency), transmitter, or antenna in an older iPhone.
Naw, my family dynamics are pretty good. I just don’t need my wife to know when I’m visiting the local brothel. 😂 I’m sure your mom takes comfort in being able to pull up her phone and find you’re still downstairs in the basement j/k 😆❤️💩
Next: “Find My used to locate cheating husband.”
This will be a much more interesting story.
Explained in the articles I linked. Steve Jobs is engaging in planned obsolesce.
Nope. All conjecture. No proof. And doesn't pass the smell test from a communications perspective.
Why can't the crash detection feature use cellular communication to call for help?
I believe it already does assuming there is cellular service; at least with an Apple Watch.
If you fall off a ladder, or endure some other rapid deceleration (a crash), it will ask if you need help. If you reply YES or if there is no response within a short time period, emergency help will be summoned with your GPS coordinates.
The iPhone 14 will summon help via satellite if there is no cellular service - for example, at Joshua Tree National Park - and many other places where there is no cellular service.
Wishing her a speedy recovery. Good to see these Apple features playing a very important role.
Sorry to hear about your friend
Had a similar thing happen a few years ago where we used Find my iPhone to locate my father after he had not come home from hiking.
Once the search and rescue team was pointed in the right direction they found him a few hours later, disoriented by heat stroke but thankfully alive.
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From the pics on the Facebook post it looks like a somewhat recent Subaru based on the front bumper & grille. Cars pretty busted up though.
"Find my" feature needs cellular or wifi connection. So this lady had that, meaning this was an example of crash detection failure.
Don't see how it can be an example of "crash detection failure" since she didn't have an iPhone 14, and we don't know if she had an Apple Watch (which has fall detection and presumably could detect a crash).
She was located via "Find My" via a relative.
EDIT: According to Apple:
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iPhone and Apple Watch models that work with Crash Detection
Crash Detection works on these iPhone and Apple Watch models:
- iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models with the latest version of iOS
- Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), and Apple Watch Ultra with the latest version of watchOS
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"Find My" is a very useful tool. To find my phone when I forget where I left it, to find my bag (AirTag), even to find my car in a city I am visiting... and yes, to find someone you care about and who knows and likes that you know where he/she is.
It's not an example of crash detection failure, but an example of Apple's greed by not giving ppl that feature unless you buy an apple 14.
Thank you Macrumors for including info like this below - mainstream media often won’t bother with important details!
‘In this situation, the woman was sharing her location with her family, which is what allowed them to locate her. Such a rescue would not have been possible if she had not enabled the Find My sharing features.’
‘In this situation, the woman was sharing her location with her family, which is what allowed them to locate her. Such a rescue would not have been possible if she had not enabled the Find My sharing features.’