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Samsung confirms satellite connectivity on Galaxy S24 for emergencies - SamMobile (www.sammobile.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Connects to satellite and uses mmwaves, cant receive fm radio

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Size of the antenna for satellites and mmwaves : 10mm, size of the antenna for FM radio: 40cm.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

It also doesn't have a tape deck!

[+] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Great to know. Lack of broadband is one of the main things keeping me from going to space

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Now you can plan your trip to Uranus with turn by turn directions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

As a backpacker, this is good news.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

So no escape? And more satellites?