Yep.

I don’t have to be smart I have $40

But it does.... The new Snapdragon 8 gen 2 has satellite communication abilities.
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2023/01/qualcomm-introduces-snapdragon-satellite--the-world-s-first-sate

My problem is that Android doesn't have a native app-tracking blocking feature yet. I couldn't care less about the satellite shit

t-mobile+ spacex https://www.t-mobile.com/news/un-carrier/t-mobile-takes-coverage-above-and-beyond-with-spacex

Starlink

My iphone does that without changing a setting. You just charge it and if you barely touch it it will last several days.

You will care if you suddenly need it in an emergency

What I was thinking. Really how often in an urban area will you need satellite sos service.

Not even ultra power saving, but just the regular power saving mode is great too. I keep my S22 Ultra on that literally all the time, and it often lasts more than a full day of regular use, longer than my old phone. The baseline performance is so great that you never notice that it's been throttled.

Still it looks like it could be much better. Old phones could last for 2 weeks if not more, in stand by (not turned off - they could receive calls). And they had a much smaller battery and theoretically much less efficient electronics. Seems like the new version is still doing a lot of things in the background. If you wanted to make a true low power stand-by mode for a smartphone it should be lasting weeks, not days. Of course, at least for most phones, you still have the option to just turn it off.

You do realize that apple patented the feature, right? So in order for Samsung to have an "answer" for it, they would either need to pay apple for licensing or develop a sufficiently unique way of doing it.

And y'all want to pretend like Samsung are the bad guys.

Yup, I have a road I drive frequently with a dangerous 20 minute stretch that has absolutely no cell signal on account of the terrain. Having SOS via satellite on my phone is huge for that stretch.

This is something I wish there were PSA's about:

When you have no Service, you likely may still be able to call 911.

911 calls rides on all carriers and is given priority by the towers regardless of the subscribers service provider. It also rides on all the cellphone standards as well.

The tower will actually drop subscribers to ensure the 911 call gets connected.

The few people who actually used Apple's emergency SOS care. It saved their life.

But if you never leave your house then I can see why you wouldn't care.

If you have need of such specific safety equipment, do not rely on a general consumer device, particularly one as fragile as an iPhone.

Why would they? Samsung isn't known for putting useful features into their phones, only stuff no one would use.

It really does keep your phone alive for days. When I had an S20 I tested it out. Ultra power saving, barely touching my phone at all. Lasted 6 days

Yeah, I guess the landscape does change fairly rapidly there.

I’m not arguing this case since I know nothing about it, but you could easily lose signal an hour out of LA. You quickly get into desert like areas or into the hills and cell service gets spotty really quick. At least when I lived there it did, I’m sure it’s better but I could still see some blind spots especially in hills where folks go hiking.

But a lot of ppl just refer to it as s23. Mkbhd literally calls it that without galaxy in his latest video

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Just because the Galaxy models have a letter, doesn't mean it's good enough. Some iPhone models have letters too. No one says "Apple 14 Pro" so you shouldn't say "Samsung S23 Ultra"

Samsung actually has a fantastic ultra power saving mode that turns it into essentially a Nokia. battery for days.

Uh... Why didn't he just call someone then? Why not use cell triangulation? Why would the iPhone save him more than any other phone? The SOS has to be activated, right?

Are you proposing that there is no service there? 1 hr from LA?