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Apple extends Emergency SOS via satellite for an additional free year (www.apple.com)

submitted 2 years ago by digidude23@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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[–] rotates-potatoes@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With Garmin you pay €19.99 for this per month

With Garmin you pay ~$20/mo for a very different service. I use inreach to send and receive text messages to family when I'm offroading. I can send them locations I'm at, casual chats, and check in that I'm OK.

I fully expect Apple to offer these same things soon, but for now inReach has a different value prop that's a lot better.

[–] Himiko_the_sun_queen@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'm keeping my inreach + subscription because it's my redundancy in case my phone shits the bed.

For the purpose of an emergency rescue out in the bush, I'd prefer something a lot more robust than a smartphone.

The inreach is built like a tank and the battery just doesn't die.