Last minute reports surprise, iPhone 13 with a satellite phone?

The author of the last rumor is the Taiwanese specialist in Asian supply chains of Apple, Ming-Chi Kuo.According to him, the latest generation of iPhones will be equipped with APPLE with a modified Qualcomm X60 modem, which is to enable the use of the owners of these smartphones from satellite communication systems.

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Satellite systems are developing at a rapid pace today, Starlink Elona Muska already has over 1600 satlites in orbit, the next one is waiting in the queue.Apart from Muska, a few other companies are taken for littering our orbit.According to Kuo.

Information on the fact that the flagship Qualcomm modems will receive the N53 Globalstara band service at the beginning of this year.However, such possibilities were to be available only to their debut next year, the X65 modem.Information about the preparation of a special version of the X60 for Apple is quite surprising and I am personally a bit skeptical.

The question remains, why Apple would decide on such a surprising, not very much users, and at the same time quite expensive (ordering a special modem variety) step.Only three things come to my mind.

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Satellite connectivity like Lidar?

The first is the desire to test this solution in smartphones for products to appear in the near future.According to many sources, Lidar came to the iPhones and iPads Pro, the company wants to have the "capital" of test data before using this technology in the target product (Immortal Apple Car?).

However, while the implementation and encouragement to use Lidar is not difficult, with satellite communication it is definitely more difficult.I think all the satellite phones I saw had protruding antennas.The satellite signal is weaker, so the larger the antenna, the better.A smartphone that does not have one at all may not be able to connect to the network at all.

Of course, it can be assumed that Apple will introduce an antenna module pinned with the help of Magsafe, but I have the impression that no common tests in this way can be carried out...Some promil of users can check this option out of curiosity, but I will not believe that people really needed a delicate smartphone can replace, most often armored, dedicated device.

In the end, there is also a matter of considerable fees for conversations and text messages sent using this system.I don't ".

"Little" communication

The second option is that the service by modem Qualcomm this band is not intended to enable the use of classic telephone satellite telephone communication, but the transmission of some data improving the communication of ioT devices.Globalstar is developing a network of its intermediaries in ground stations and maybe it is the key to this solution.

Tracking

The third option is help in tracking.However, I do not mean to track the smartphone, but people who bring information about new Apple products outside.The Cupertino concern has strongly tightened the fight against this practice, and the method of provocative release into the world of crafted rumors, especially shortly before the premiere, can be an effective method of catching "black sheep".

Last month, another interesting news about the iPhone 13 appeared, which is quite hard for me to believe.I am talking about portrait mode described by Marek Gurman when filming.It would be a fantastic function, but the scale of difficulty when implementing this solution is so huge that if Apple actually introduces it, then...chapeau bass.

Globalstar - satellite veteran

Globalstar is a communication system founded by Loral Corporation and Qualcomm Inc.Even in the 90s.20th century.The network of this company consists of 52 satellites, 48 operational and 4 spare.The devices are arranged in an orbit with a height of 1414 km and cover areas between 70 degrees in both hemispheres.

In addition, the company has a growing number of ground points that mediate communication between devices and satellites all the time.The whole uses CDMA technology as a transmission method.

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