iOS 18.3 Adds Starlink Support to T-Mobile iPhones

[Arsenikdote]

This isn't something to joke or laugh about so excuse my lack of humour in the matter.

Oh, I don't need to excuse anything, it was entertainment for me so thank YOU for not getting the joke and being rude to someone for making the joke. It just adds to the entertainment factor.

As a side note, do you often find trying to convince someone of "seeing the obvious" works all that well? Seems if it is truly obvious that they won't need your information or disagree at a fundamental level, at which point, what is the point of arguing? ...... and hence my entertainment! (just in case you thought I was indifferent to the topic being discussed)

 

[cjsuk]

Reply to your comment as well...

My “joke” was pointing out the ridiculousness of your comment. 🙄

So basically you're knocking down a comment made with a citable and verified source and a social experiment you can run yourself with a joke displaying nothing but poor taste and an abject lack of contextual awareness and then resorting an ad hominem against the commenter when you're called out that it's not even remotely funny and neither is your viewpoint to start with.

Now that's as far down a meta-discussions as I wish to go so I'll just leave it with a suggestion that you do some reflection as does anyone making an inappropriate defence against this sort of behaviour.

I don't want this normalised or trivialised and I would expect most other people don't either. There is no grey area to debate.

 

[4k78]

No. I’m pointing out the impossibility of “literally being in bed” comment you made. I was “literally in bed” with my wife last night. Musk cannot be “literally in bed” with any organization. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[cjsuk]

No. I’m pointing out the impossibility of “literally being in bed” comment you made. I was “literally in bed” with my wife last night. Musk cannot be “literally in bed” with any organization. Nothing more, nothing less.

Find a dictionary, read it.

 

[4k78]

Find a dictionary, read it.

You are embarrassing yourself now. I feel bad for you.

 

[currocj]

So you asked for it to be censored because you didn't agree with it?

Something ironic there.

True, but I was sore from constantly getting banned/cited/timed out (or is it: time outed).

So I did it as an experiment. I truly want NO ONE to be censored except those inciting direct harm (and not just meany words)…

Get my gist?

 

[Arsenikdote]

Find a dictionary, read it.

 

[Arsenikdote]

Find a dictionary, read it.

You are embarrassing yourself now. I feel bad for you.

4k78l, I can't tell if the doubling down is courageous or just sad....either way it feels like a train wreck you can't look away from!

 

[HazeAndHahmahneez]

you ok?

Haha nice try : )

 

[burgman]

The big 3 all been hacked. Hacked once or 10, your data is out there.
And that’s just the cell phone companies being hacked.

Every year I get an apology letter about a breach for the last 7 years or so. Upside is I haven't paid for credit montoring that long. After the first T-Mobile, then second one, AT&T and other major breaches that got everything. It's not a big deal anymore. Freeze your credit, don't believe any email, phone call, or text without verifying, life goes on.

 

[gavroche]

Apple is providing a feature similar to this with a different satellite provider that has nothing to do with Starlink and t-mobile customers

Ah. I had heard previously that it was. And when we were off-grid, the feature popped up whenever I opened the messages app… but did not for my brother. I have T-Mobile and he has some local cheap service that uses Verizon capacity.

 

[Arsenikdote]

Ah. I had heard previously that it was. And when we were off-grid, the feature popped up whenever I opened the messages app… but did not for my brother. I have T-Mobile and he has some local cheap service that uses Verizon capacity.

The difference should be hardware model and not carrier. iPhone 14 onwards have this feature, previous models do not. It started with only the SOS feature, more compatible to the specialized "beacon" devices. They have now in the latest iOS enhanced it to allow iMessage to work period, which is (in theory) better. Apple's guide is here:

Send a text message via satellite on iPhone

Send a text message via satellite on iPhone when you’re offline.

support.apple.com

The practical problem I have is that if my phone THINKS I have reception then I can't use the feature, even if I can't establish a connection. So practically the feature is somewhat less useful unless you are fully "off-network"....but I am not looking a gift horse in the mouth! I love having this and saves me from needing service on a separate device like a beacon, at least for the types of adventuring that I do.

 

[jimmysalg]

I received the "confirmation" text and email this morning... no way to really determine if it is active? The link takes me to a signup page, that I competed a month ago

I think I'm in

When did you sign up? I signed up on day one and still havent been accepted.

 

[jimmysalg]

Here is a you tube video of the service in action....pretty cool. Works differently than the apple satellite, in that you don't have to "search" for a satellite just comes in as a signal and instead of "LTE/5G/etc" it reads "SAT" LOL

 

[Alameda]

That was due to US sanctions, not because he was bored.

The U.S. did not impose sanctions on Ukraine, it imposed them on Russia.

 

[russell_314]

I’m late to this party but I might be switching to T-Mobile. Their cellular service in my area is not great, but if I can get Starlink, that would be awesome!