iPhone 13 will be able to make satellite calls, says Apple analyst

Close to the time of announcement of the new iPhone 13, some information about the device is already starting to come out. The novelty is that the future release of Apple You'll be able to text and make satellite calls without the need for 4G or 5G coverage. The information is from MacRumors.

According to a note sent to the portal, the Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that the iPhone will be able to work from a low earth orbit satellite connection ( LEO ), for cases where there is no cell signal coverage. For such activity, the cell phone will use a SIM Qualcomm X60 personalized.

While other companies wait until next year to start developing this technology in their next releases, Apple comes out in the lead with this insertion still in 2021. Kuo did not detail which company would be hired for the media, but one of the available options is Starlink, SpaceX, a reference company in the market, under the control of Elon Musk. It is also estimated that Apple may work with the Globalstar, another great company.

If the mechanism is implemented, users of the iPhone 13 will be able to connect to the satellite network from their current network operators. This would eliminate extra contracts and overpayments. Also according to Kuo, LEO satellites are a technology similar to the already existing mmWave 5G. In this sense, Apple can expand its possibilities and offer the customer a more complete and immersive service with the device.

The analyst says that the company is optimistic about the future of this technology and says there has been an internal team committed to this issue for some time. O iPhone 13 is one of the new devices in the ecosystem of Apple , which should have visuals and specifications revealed by October. While not officially announced, iPhone fans should wait the next few months for more details on this and possible other news.

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Source: MacRumors