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You can buy a satellite beacon and pay no monthly fees but you'll be paying up front.
Which satellite beacon has free ongoing usage? I own a Garmin InReach and pay a monthly fee.
Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus
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#122What are the benefits over iPhone 13 for people outside the US who can’t use the satellite feature ? Think I’ll just get a 13 on sale
The "action" camera mode (basically gimbal replacement) looked pretty good if you were a film maker/Youtuber. And "multiple eSims" might be useful if you're a traveller/digital nomad as you were previously limited to two. But yeah, other than that it did seem a bit sparse on new features this year. Hopefully next years will be a big one to make up for it?
Does it support more than two active ones, or was it previously limited to only be able to store two in total?
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#124People who travel frequently, does the lack of physical SIM card concern you? I'm not sure how widespread eSIMs across countries.
I'm in the USA and on AT&T and use their "$10 a day international plans" when I travel. It's a little expensive, but it just works. My wife and I were in canada recently during the Rogers network issues and I called up AT&T support and then enabled an option to select the carrier for both our phones. Two reboots and we were back on a known good network. We've traveled to Italy, Serbia, France, Spain, Hungary and have…
That works, but consider local SIM card coverage in many places can be less than $0.50 per day - a big difference for long or frequent trips.
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#125Dynamic Island looks neat (reminds me of webOS) BUT controls at the top of the screen still work poorly, especially on these bigger phones. I had a little hope when Apple introduced those controls in iOS 16 on the lower half of the lock screen but alas... I'm curious how it works in landscape orientation if at all. If there were a ‘iPhone 14 Pro mini’ that would be amazing
It doesn't seem like they're actually controls, but more status indicators? Doesn't look like it's supposed to be an area of high and frequent interaction.
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#126People who travel frequently, does the lack of physical SIM card concern you? I'm not sure how widespread eSIMs across countries.
Yes. Even for domestic travel. I’m travelling to a remote island in my country for a short holiday. My network doesn’t have coverage there (only one of the “big four” has decent coverage) so I’ve picked up a prepay SIM to use for a few days. No networks in the UK support prepay SIMs (other than some quite dubious international roaming MVNOs). International travel usually involves stopping by a kiosk or store at the a…
Only US-sold models will not have a physical sim slot. Sounds like everyone else gets a sim card.
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#127Dynamic Island looks neat (reminds me of webOS) BUT controls at the top of the screen still work poorly, especially on these bigger phones. I had a little hope when Apple introduced those controls in iOS 16 on the lower half of the lock screen but alas... I'm curious how it works in landscape orientation if at all. If there were a ‘iPhone 14 Pro mini’ that would be amazing
It doesn't seem like they're actually controls, but more status indicators? Doesn't look like it's supposed to be an area of high and frequent interaction.
There’s music controls there. You may also touch the indicators to expand into bigger controls.
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#128The SOS and location tracking via satellite is a pretty neat feature. Free for the first 2 years - no details on pricing after that.
I really hope they still allow you to use it even if you haven't paid the subscription. It's a tool for emergencies so by definition you need it only when you don't expect to need it. It would be a shame to lock people out from something that could have saved their life just because they haven't paid the $x.99 per year service. In theory they could always back-charge users who are not subscribed but even then that co…
Yes. Charge $20 per use instead of a subscription. $50 or whatever they want. Just don’t make people sign up for a subscription.
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, absolutely a deal breaker... but I carry two phones b/c I do not trust Verizon after being disconnected overseas. Their international plan requires you to re-connect to a US-based cell tower in order to "reactivate" the international plan if it has been disconnected. I am not aware of any service that allows me to buy an e-sim for any given random country airport and activate it before I reach the exit. edit: fo…
> connect to a US-based cell tower in order to "reactivate" the international plan if it has been disconnected > if you change countries or have to make an additional unplanned hop, VZ does not work in that scenario either Just so I understand you, Verizon has an international plan where you have to touch base back in the States every time you go to some other country, before it will work in the next country? I must…
No misunderstanding... been affected twice with EU trips that included hops to MENA. And if you are somehow disconnected (due to an error on their end, which are quite frequent) it can not re-establish functionality without accessing a US-based cell tower. After the second or third time it happened, I just started carrying a second phone to put in a local SIM. I ended up saving a ton of money in data charges too.
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#130It's weird, while Google struggles to make basic Emergency Services calling to work reliably[1], Apple keeps adding life saving features from detecting falls and car crashes to ability to call Emergency Services via satellite. Just shows you how companies are different in focus, quality control and attention to detail. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32713375
FYI car crash detection had been available since Pixel 5.
Only in the US and some other countries. Still not available in Israel, even though we “use” the same cars.
Doesn’t look like Apple’s feature is country-restricted.