Can iPhone 14 connect to satellite

In recent years, as the "satellite communication" function continues to appear in people's eyes, more and more owners of mobile phones also hope that their mobile phones can have satellite connectivity and satellite calls. At Apple's autumn press conference, which began early this morning, Apple answered whether the new iPhone 14 series could conduct "satellite communications". Let's take a look at the specific answers of whether the iPhone 14 can connect to satellites.

Can the iPhone 14 connect to satellites? Does the iPhone 14 support satellite calls

It can be connected to satellites and supports the satellite call function

As the function of "satellite communication" continues to be popular at home and abroad, the market has been speculating that the new iPhone will have this function in the past year. As the most likely partner candidate, the stock price of the satellite communication company Globalstar has soared more than 80% in the past six months.

On September 7 (Wednesday) local time, Apple officially announced that it would launch satellite communications for the iPhone 14 and Global Star would provide this emergency service. Apple said that it would allocate $450 million from the advanced manufacturing fund to support the satellite infrastructure for this function, and Global Star would receive most of the funds.

It is reported that although Apple will "pay" for 95% of the capital expenditure involved in supporting this new service, Global Star said that it still needs to raise more funds to build and deploy these satellites, and has contacted the investment bank Goldman Sachs, which is expected to complete the financing in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Apple said at the press conference that the satellite communication service will be launched in November.

It is worth mentioning that the Mate50 Beidou system, a new model of Huawei recently, although it also boasts the satellite call function, actually can only "send" satellite messages and cannot receive information. Apple claims that its satellite call function can receive reply SMS messages, but in fact, it will not be known until November. However, the owners of the iPhone 14 can rest assured that as the latest series of products, the iPhone 14 must be built on the satellite call function.