Samsung confirms satellite connectivity on Galaxy S24 for emergencies - SamMobile
Samsung confirms satellite connectivity on Galaxy S24 for emergencies - SamMobile
A Samsung executive has confirmed that the company will equip the Galaxy S24 series with satellite connectivity for emergency situations.
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If $ASTS is able to get up and running, every phone in the world will have access to broadband connectivity from space.
Great to know. Lack of broadband is one of the main things keeping me from going to space
Now you can plan your trip to Uranus with turn by turn directions.
Can you explain a little more about what this is and why it would be a game changer. I'm still stuck in the "satellite Internet is garbage" mindset. I know people are generally pretty happy with starlink though.
ASTS has basically built a cellular phone network in space, low earth orbit. They have patents for their technology, where by their satellites can produce voice and data at 4G and 5G speeds to any off the shelf smartphone. Starlink, Iridium etc all require either special proprietary phones or additional equipment. ASTS business model seems sound, they're not looking to take over from your current network provider, but to add a complimentary service. So they don't need to break into the market and steal users, if you're with AT&T, you'll stay an AT&T customer, but you'll have the option to "roam" on ASTS network if you're in a terrestrial cell dead zone.
Thanks for explaining. That sounds really awesome actually. With my current job and living situation that would be a very valuable luxury / asset. In today's world it's almost verging on being a necessity. I would gladly pay for that if it worked like it's supposed to.
Starlink website claims the cellular coverage won't need special Equipment
Elon has a history of over promising and under delivering for years. I'll believe it when I see it. ASTS has documented their tech works and was confirmed by AT&T, Vodaphone and Nokia.
One key difference is the orbit of the satellites.
Traditional satellite Internet uses a constellation of 10's of satellites in geostationary orbit (35,000 km elevation) - since they are so far away relatively few satellites are needed but latency and bandwidth are pretty bad.
Next gen satellite Internet like starlink and kuiper use constellations of 1000's of satellites in low earth orbit (550km elevation). These are super close so latency is much better, but you need way more satellites to get consistent coverage- but that also means bandwidth can be much better too.
These low earth orbit satellites are so close that they can basically put standard cellular antenna on them and they act like cell towers in space. Your phone can use the same antenna it already has to connect to them. But the signal is pretty weak so to start they will only support text messaging. Still, that's good enough to replace things like my Garmin InReach so I'm pretty excited.
At least that's my understanding from the T-Mobile and starlink partnership- this Samsung thing might be something slightly different.