Elon Muskfounder and director SpaceXsaid via Twitter that the company had promising conversations with Apple regarding connection to Starlink, a satellite internet service, in the new iPhone 14officially presented this Wednesday (07).

Provided information musk in response to a social network user who stated that he would like a new feature emergency message From iPhones 14 were satellites starlink. “We’ve had some promising conversations with Apple about the Starlink connection. The iPhone team is obviously very smart.”– said the CEO of SpaceX.

Elon Musk He added that the feature would certainly work better if the phone’s software and hardware were adapted to signals received from space rather than emulating Starlink from a cell tower.

Starlink is cheaper and will bring global internet to cell phones
In Brazil, the monthly fee for the service is 230 reais. The cost of the antenna also dropped to 2,000 reais.

iPhone 14 emergency function

Introduced this week, iPhone 14 present, among its new features, an emergency resource for users. it SMS message which can be sent via satellite in an emergency when there is no cellular or internet signal.

Antennas of new devices from Apple can connect to satellites with the ability to tell the user where to place the smartphone in order to get a more stable connection, and thus send a distress message. It’s about this new feature musk talked about it this Thursday (08).

According to Apple, the service will be available free of charge for two years in the US and Canada. There is still no information on how and if this feature will work in other places, such as Brazil. To learn more about the new iPhones, watch the video below, created by the team at connected world.

iPhone 14: Apple’s pricing and creativity surprise
At the event, the company introduced new products: the iPhone family, the new Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2.

Source: Elon Musk

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