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Post by ErnieW on Jan 5, 2023 20:47:28 GMT -8
Typical for Android features only some phones will have the new chipset. The ability to subscribe to a plan and SMS anyone is nice.
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Post by BigLoad on Jan 5, 2023 21:33:19 GMT -8
Typical for Android features only some phones will have the new chipset. The ability to subscribe to a plan and SMS anyone is nice.
I suspected that would happen. Qualcomm has a massive customer base, so their risk and cost is effectively more amortized than Apple's.
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Post by Coolkat on Jan 6, 2023 5:57:56 GMT -8
Ughh.. It looks like I should have waited a few months before getting a new phone. :(
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Post by ErnieW on Jan 6, 2023 7:07:00 GMT -8
Ughh.. It looks like I should have waited a few months before getting a new phone. :( You might be able to say that for the rest of your life and never end up upgrading. Think of all the new features you can upgrade to when this phone is ready for retirement.
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Post by reuben on Jan 6, 2023 7:36:24 GMT -8
Well, my current phone is EOL - won't get OS or security upgrades, one or the other, can't remember which. So I'm thinking of a new one. Of course there's no list of the new phones, and no mention of whether any current (recent) models will be upgraded, or how long that might take, so it may not be worth the wait.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Jan 6, 2023 12:55:39 GMT -8
Well, my current phone is EOL - won't get OS or security upgrades, one or the other, can't remember which. So I'm thinking of a new one. Of course there's no list of the new phones, and no mention of whether any current (recent) models will be upgraded, or how long that might take, so it may not be worth the wait. It’s pretty much never worth the wait. Especially for some rumored hot feature that’s made an appearance at a show. 2 years and you could still be waiting. And based in current rates the satellite service charges will be eye watering. The bloviating press is already on to iPhone 15 and beyond, with no clue. Just click bait. And if your current device is EOL you’re going to have your socks blown off regardless. “The company says several partners are already working on designs. ” Vapor ware at the moment.
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Post by reuben on Jan 6, 2023 13:06:23 GMT -8
Yeah, plus I still have my old inReach Explorer for Iridium/SOS/text messages.
I missed the Christmas sale on phones, and I may be too cheap to buy another one anytime soon. I don't foresee any big sales in the next 6 months. Thinking of a Flip 4...
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Post by ErnieW on Jan 6, 2023 13:13:22 GMT -8
I would guess it would start with the future flagship Androids so the phones that will have it first are still on the drawing board. That said it seems like there are new flagship phones every year so the wait won't be too long. Top of the line Samsung and Pixel phones will likely be the first ones you see it in.
Another issue is whether the service providers will support it. If your phone has the chipset in it it has to be able to send free SOS SMS by law. Likely they will also have to work with Iridium to offer full SMS subscriptions and pay for the "free" SOS SMS. Someone like T-Mobile may not think it is worth dealing with and just not have phones with the chipset in their versions of phones.
Knowing you can emergency txt almost anywhere you can see the sky is a very desirable safety feature in a phone.
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Post by BigLoad on Jan 6, 2023 13:14:18 GMT -8
“The company says several partners are already working on designs. ” My rough guess is that manufacturers are still on about a two year design cycle, with generations overlapping by a year using multiple teams. Qualcomm will have given them preliminary specs at least 6 months before availability of samples, maybe longer, so they could be a year and a half out or maybe a little less.
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Post by Coolkat on Nov 21, 2023 10:55:42 GMT -8
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Post by BigLoad on Nov 21, 2023 18:11:04 GMT -8
Too bad, it would have been nice.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Nov 21, 2023 18:28:06 GMT -8
“ because no smartphone maker signed up to use it.”
That’s rather sad actually.
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Post by ErnieW on Nov 21, 2023 20:15:51 GMT -8
Actually the article seemed to be saying that the Apple version's fate may go the same way. Nice feature but not much enthusiasm, users or manufacturers, to pay for it. Throw in there may be a 5G satellite network coming and this chipset becomes pointless. 5G phones will have service everywhere.
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Post by BigLoad on Nov 21, 2023 21:54:10 GMT -8
“ because no smartphone maker signed up to use it.” That’s rather sad actually. That sort of thing happens pretty often. I don't want to give away specifics, but the product cycles haven't gotten that much shorter, they just overlap more of them, so there's a lot of long-range guessing going on. Some capabilities in the HW and even system SW never get brought out to the user.
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Post by bpdanyel on Jan 31, 2024 18:17:07 GMT -8
My current phone was reached the EOL being a 5-year-old flagship but is still useable with Android 12. I can wait a little more, not really interested in the Satellite SOS feature, but I was hoping to get a smaller device such as the Zenfone 10.
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