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Family rescued from wildfires in Maui thanks to iPhone’s Emergency SOS via Satellite

Family rescued in Maui thanks to iPhone's satellite feature

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You just know this is going to get mentioned at Tim Cook's next iPhone keynote.
- I mean, shouldn’t it though?
  
  Oh I wasn’t being sarcastic or anything, I think it’ll make a great addition.
  
  “Family that could afford $800 phone rescued from fire while others perish”.
  Wealth often buys better odds of survival.
- For sure - they did the same thing for the Apple watch. Twice, actually.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRwkZWowI8o
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOHj5kGU4fY
  
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- Their phones quite literally are saving peoples lives… why shouldn’t they mention it?
Is the satellite function free to use? I haven’t read into it and it’s super convenient for its use cases but also seems like it would cost a lot to maintain contracts and backend for the feature.
- Yes, it is free. But the only thing you can use it for is contacting emergency services.
  
  It’s free for 2 years.
  Then you get the full Tim Apple treatment.

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