Samsung seems poised to follow in the footsteps of the American company when it comes to bringing satellite communications to smartphones, again taking inspiration from Apple. There's an Emergency SOS feature that works via satellite in the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro line, and Samsung is now said to be working with Iridium to bring satellite communications to the Galaxy S23 family.
Iridium is a 66-member satellite constellation in low earth orbit that provides voice and data services. Samsung has been working for the past two years to overcome the technical challenges of bringing satellite communications to smartphones, and it looks like they've finally succeeded. Rumor has it that the launch of the Galaxy S23 family will allow it to air. Text messages and small images via satellite (hundreds of kbps).
As anyone who's ever seen a dedicated satellite phone can guess, the biggest challenge was miniaturizing the antenna to fit in a regular smartphone without doubling the size.
Samsung doesn't think the feature is unique to South Korea, given its small size and well-covered 5G service, but it's been a big hit, especially in the Americas, Europe, Russia and China. I think it will be A place with poor infrastructure.
According to leaks and rumors prior to, the Galaxy S23 family will only use a more sensitive version of Qualcomm's recently announced Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, with a launch scheduled for his first week of February. It is scheduled to take place.