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Apple's new Emergency SOS satellite feature - available free for two years on all iPhone 14 models - could cost consumers after that, but the company won't discuss its pricing plans.
The service announced this week is meant to connect you to emergency professionals when you're in a remote location without cell phone towers and wi-fi - it launches in November, two months after the new smartphone hits the market on September 16.
Apple will partner with Globalstar's network of satellites so that users can send text messages directly to emergency services when they don't have other ways of connecting.
The tech giant has yet to announce how much the new feature will cost after two years or whether people buying a new iPhone after the 14 would get the service for free - and did not respond to a DailyMail.com inquiry about the price.
The tech giant is partnering with Globalstar's network of satellites so that users can send text messages directly to emergency services when they don't have other ways of connecting
Apple's new Emergency SOS satellite feature - available free for two years on all iPhone 14 models - could cost consumers after that, but the company won't discuss its pricing plans
As part of the agreement, Globalstar says it would allocate 85% of its network capacity to Apple, while the California-based tech firm will fund 95% of costs for a new generation of satellites that Globalstar ordered in a $327 million contract in February
Longtime Apple reporter Dan Moren says: 'Kicking that decision out two years might allow Apple time to see how many people actually use it, and what pricing might then have to look like.'
'Or it may extend the date after that, thinking it’s a bad look to provide a handy emergency feature that might become unusable without a fee,' Moren continues, adding that the famously tight-lipped company doesn't want press about how people might have been saved if only they'd paid for the emergency feature.
As part of the agreement,
