Media: the new iPhone will support satellite communications

The iPhone 12 became an Apple bestseller thanks to the launch of 5G technology.It seems that the developers from Cupertino want to

Keep the momentum going by adding another new radio technology to smartphones this year.Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known Apple analyst, said that in future iPhone 13 models, the developers will implementiPhone 13 users will be able to send messages and make calls even if they are not within the standard coverage of 4G/5G cell towers.

Kuo suggests future satellite communicationswill be used in the Apple AR headset, Apple Car and other IoT accessories. The analyst predicts that the iPhone 13 will use a modified version of the Qualcomm X60 baseband modem chip. He will support satellite communications.

Some experts question the realismproject. Apple developed satellite technology for the iPhone in 2019, Bloomberg reported. Then it was reported that the engineers will release the product within five years. Two years to create such a technology is too little, assuming that the leaks were accurate from the beginning. It is also necessary to resolve logistical issues, for example, the choice of service providers. Satellite service has always been expensive and difficult to sell, even if the user regularly finds himself outside the range of a hundredth connection.

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Satellites that are in low Earth orbit (LEO) will be involved.