We've all been in a situation where we've gone to make a call or send a message and there's no signal... it's usually when it's needed the most.
That might be a thing of the past soon because Apple's newest iPhone could offer low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite communications. WTF is that, I hear you ask?
Well, LEO-satellites orbit between 500 and 2,000 kilometres from Earth (compared to traditional communications satellites which orbit at more than 35,000km). This, in turn, provides users with a higher bandwidth.
So the new iPhones are said to include software capable of connecting to the LEO satellites meaning that there would be no need for a 4G or 5G connection.
For those times when you're stuck up a mountain and it's going dark... or you car breaks down in the middle of no where. You know, common problems.
According to reports, the iPhone 13 has a customised Qualcomm X60 baseband chip that supports the communications. Guess Covid-deniers will swerve this then, eh?
TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (a reliable source) explained that Apple is 'optimistic' about the trend of satellite communications and claimed that the company set up a specific team to research the development of technologies some time ago.
