It's mostly because of notifications. I honestly think Google's code for handling notifications is not efficient.

Just turn off all the notifications and turn on battery saver mode to medium (CPU runs at 70%).

My phone still lasts 3 days of on/off usage. It's a year old.

After how many times Apple didn't have an answer for samsung features (outside of rolling those same features out 2 years later and saying it was 'innovation').

Buys apple because of the satellite phone, no one Bats an eye. Buy an earthquake emergency box and throw it in your closet just in case, and the you're a right wing prepper extremist.

No one cares

Eh sure, i can go hiking 30mins from my house, with good reception

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Apple,'s SOS feature is not a satellite phone feature.

Apple didn’t patent “satellite phones;” it patented a satellite antenna switching system to reuse antenna components. Nothing is preventing other manufacturers from implementing general satellite phone communications.

Just call 911

The recognition of the galaxy name is not as big as apples iPhone though, and if it just said the 23s I’d have to take a few seconds to make sure I have the right phone and company in mind. For the general verge reader the title makes perfect sense.

Thank you for explaining that.

I see they didn't put the antenna in the S23... Well thats something unlike Samsung. this really seems like an easy and cheap win by just building a cheap antenna in your phone but hey, guess not.

He (Julian Sands) is lost on Mt Baldy. Mountains have crags and gullies and crevices. Radio signals operate line-of-sight, so they’re built where they’ll cover as much (but not all) area as possible.

Apple’s satellite feature uses a constellation of satellites, which orbit the earth and create a mesh pattern, giving essentially 100% coverage.

My regular 12 will still get me two days and it's on 90% battery health. And like I hate iphones. I only got this one when Google fucked up the pixels. But I mean you can't deny the power of iOS

You didn't understand what I said.

What I said is that you could have a power saver state in a modern phone that disables all those sensors, put the processor in a low power state (which is much, much better than those in any old processors), you aren't using your screen because the phone is just standing by not doing anything, and in such a state it should last much longer than an old phone because it would have lower power consumption and a larger battery.

Obviously it's not going to last long if you're using all those features, but it should be able to last long if you aren't. The reason why it doesn't is because even the ultra power saver setting on the phone still leaves things working in the background. Why not have a hyper-super-ultra power saver setting as well that disables them too?

Yeah something people dont realize is a lot of big cities on the American west are built right at the foot of huge mountain ranges. People tend to get themselves onto shit because there will be expanses of wilderness the size of a small European countries that are easily accessible from a trailhead in a realitivley suburban area.

It will be a warm summer day at the trailhead but once you pop over the first ridge it will be a blizzard. The place where the donner party happend. One of the snowiest places in the usa. Is like just over an hour from Sacramento

Agreed, but Elon said it’s not launching in beta until the end of this year. Given his track record of hitting deadlines that probably means we won’t actually be able to use this until, like, 2025

Because old phones were glorified calculators with one or two radios in them, not 8 core computers with 7 inch 4k screens and 20 different sensors and GPS and multiple high powered internet radios in them.

Not sure why the downvotes, but you are correct. I had the iPhone 13 Pro Max, that thing lasted days before I had to recharge. On my S22U Ultra. I have to recharge it everyday.

You need more than the chip. You also need special antennas, and the manufacturer has to make a deal with Qualcomm to activate the feature.

Its not like samsung/android phones doesn't have emergency sos care. Just not via satellite, which most people doesn't need.

Its very possible there was just no service at all.

What part of it did Apple patent?

Qualcomm, the company that makes the processors for Samsung phones, just recently unveiled their own satellite-based SMS system. I'm betting it was simply too late to add to this year's model and we'll see it in the S24.

The Angeles national forest is in the mountains and the mountains tend to block cell service. LA is actually really interesting because its basically city. And then wilderness immediately next to it. Go over the first mountain ridge and into federally protected nature reserve and there will be no towers on the other side.

Keep in mind this isn't just like a tiny hiking area. Its a very large desolate mountain range

I live in a city in northern new england and an hour drive could easily bring me to some inhospitable wilderness with no cell service.

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