Yes they were from regular calls.

The number from crash detection is 919. 134 were false calls.

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20230129-87465/

(Edit: Not sure why this is being downvoted, accidental 911 calls have been enough of a strain that some cities have introduced fines for repeat offenders. SOS has increased these incidents even further.)

Intentional as well as repeated "mistake" calls.

There's a threshold for when it becomes problematic for emergency responders, so don't doubt that action will be taken at some point on these. (take a look at Port St. Lucie as an example of this). But this also makes me think the FCC might go after Apple on this one when it does get to that point.

You get fines for intentional false calls.

There’s a difference between prank calling 911, and calling 911 because you misunderstood the severity of a situation. Now let the latter happen multiple times, they may fine you.

Statistics can be framed in many different way, some misleading - which this is.

Considering its 24k calls, 134 were false. We don’t know the amount caused by the iPhone, both real and false. The data in the article really cannot be used for anything.

The only remotely useful thing is the statement by the firefighter “a firefighter said, "we can’t ask users to turn it off,” as it is beneficial in actual serious emergencies.” And a reported influx in false emergency calls from iPhone 14.

It’s scuffed that OP’s title is a big bait.

Can't be that hard.

Nothing comes out perfect. People just like to shit on Apple. They’ll get it right, even though it already is

The United States, and the severity is dependent on state and local agency. You will get fines for false alarms in many cases…so my question is, who would be ultimately liable?

(It’s a court based question so more rhetorical here)

(Edit: for those downvoting, take a look at Port St. Lucie who has introduced fines for repeated MISTAKE calls. And this was before the problem of SOS mode which has increased the strain of mistake calls)

Are shit pretty hard on the skis this weekend. Watch tried to call the ambulance. I think it did what it was supposed to

Then what were they from? Regular calls? No. That would be a false call.

So, it's from legitimate circumstances where the phone detects a crash and calls emergency services. Of 24,000 calls, 100 were not warranted. Pretty darn good.

Not sure where you’re getting that number from but is says it is responsible for most of the false calls.

The 24000 weren’t from iPhone crash detection. They don’t give those numbers. They were the total calls.

Gotta suck to live in a state where it’s illegal. It’s so normalized in CA now, I don’t smoke but I don’t think about it when I smell it or see people smoking or whatever. Lots of my elderly moms friends trying it out for pain relief, relaxation etc. Almost overnight it just became totally normal.

Happened to me when I was at Knotts Berry Farm on multiple rollercoasters. Had to turn off my phone. Hahaha.

In my mind, if it saves just 1 life then it was worth it.

Think about how much salary cost Apple must have wasted for the marketing and r&d team to come up with such a ridiculous and basically useless feature.

Not picking on anything Apple. I just dealt with my Samsung watch calling my Best Friend due to fall detection. BUT...BUT, the watch was sitting on the counter next to the sink. Didn't move. No vibrations in the house.

I did that once….. while making edibles. Thankfully I got out to the driveway before he could make it near our front door

Yeah I know told you they would

Hey if its like my current LG V60 on verizon I'll be lucky if it makes any calls

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Why

Yeah, it's always a contest to stay ahead. Armor led to anti-tank weapons which led to ablative armor which led to molten warheads which lead to reactive armor, etc, etc. I remember when I first heard about reactive armor and couldn't decide if it was brilliant or idiotic.

You can block GPS easily enough, although motion sensors can help guide a drone too. You can have IR cameras but your targets can shoot IR light into the sky to mislead the drones. I'm not sure if you can send enough raw EM radiation into the sky to disable cheap drones - wouldn't surprise me.

It might work once, like the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, but never again.

If you use Kodi, stay away from Sony products.

This is why there’s normally a push to flip cover on the SOS button