Samsung Galaxies may get satellite connectivity, too
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Not to be outdone by Apple and Huawei, Samsung is planning to incorporate satellite connectivity options in its Galaxy phones as well, hints leakster Ricciolo. It is not hard to fathom why, as Apple made a big fuss out of something that won't be available until November, and will work in limited ways only in the US and Canada for now.
Still, the availability of satellite connectivity on your phone will become the norm in the future, and Samsung wouldn't want to be left behind. As to whose service it would use, this remains a mystery.
Rather than chasing Apple's satellite connectivity provider, Samsung may turn to the able and willing Elon Musk, whose Starlink satellite service has already been in talks with Apple, even though the team from Cupertino ultimately went with Globalstar.
Starlink, on the other hand, is in a brouhaha with the aspiring 5G network carrier DISH which hogs a bunch of 12GHz spectrum and wants to use it for terrestrial 5G network deployment as well.
According to SpaceX, the parent company of Starlink, the interference from this move could render its satellite services virtually inoperable, so it remains to be seen what would Samsung decide about it. As for how satellite connectivity looks inside an iPhone 14 Pro Max, look no further than PBK's teardown video above, a rather large chip on the phone's dual-layer motherboard.
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