r/apple • u/exjr_ Island Boy • Sep 07 '22

Apple Unveils Apple Watch Ultra With Large-Screen Design for Athletes and Explorers Apple Watch

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/07/apple-unveils-apple-watch-pro-athletes/
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u/sethismename Sep 07 '22

You can’t even get the new phone yet. Might be better than u think

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u/TehRoot Sep 07 '22

Just based on what they've said it's basically good for two things.

  1. Bringing emergency satcom to people who don't already have a satcom device and/or a PLB.

  2. Being a redundant option for emergency satcom.

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u/sethismename Sep 07 '22

Ya I think for the average person it’s great for emergencies but for someone with an actual satphone, it doesn’t compete till you can text and call specific people

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u/TehRoot Sep 07 '22

The only thing I can see doing that are the Starlink proposals with carriers and leveraging 5G/LEO constellations.

The problem is that there's a lot of technical barriers and cost to doing those proposals at the cellular device level.

Enough barriers that I think it'll be hard to do over the current setup where you can buy a dedicated inmarsat device for $650 and pay a $7-50 monthly subscription.