Maybe the iPhone 14 will make all this obsolete 👀 At least only for emergency situations.

1100 dollars wow apple has a competitor

A phone dependent on satellites? Let's see the flat earthers explain this one away.

Hm, I'll pick one up, they're probably only 50 buc- 1000 DOLLARS!?!

Who came here after watching Narcos and Pablo Escobar El Patron Dal Mal?

Those satellite phones are used by the UN in the Mid-East especially in the desert areas. Back in the 70s my Father used to carry a suitcase that carried a phone and a mini antenna to set up so that he could get a good signal. They were very useful when in dangerous areas also. He had his own set in Baghdad before the first gulf war. Sounds like these phones have come a long way!

I always imagine using this in an apocalypse 😁

Tin cans and string is definitely the best way to communicate. Watcha think 🤔

This video made every flat earther mad

A good option rather than a sat phone is the satellite messengers. The spot by globalstar and the garmin inreach by iridium are 2 that are very popular. They cost much less than a satellite phone and use the same satellite constellation.

You know what! I saw this video title and thought "Hes running out of ideas" Then I watched it and got alot of good information from it. So this was a good idea for a video. I was wrong to assume.

pfft it aint even got a camera and 4k video recording and hifi bluetooth???

My town is in the Outback and most of us have satellite phones like city folks use their mobile phones. Here you can get a regular mobile number so its free to receive calls and the caller only pays for calling a regular mobile phone call (normally capped on landline), this comes complete with 400minutes for $USD53.00 per month. Its the Thuraya system.

Have the Iridium Extreme. Coverage is excellent. The SOS button is programmable to 3 different contacts at once. If you study the plans well, you really can find a plan that works well for your individual needs. If using for emergencies only, you can get a low minute plan that will auto renew and just pay the overage/minute when the emergency occurs.

I’d be perfectly happy with paying for expensive minutes to use in an emergency if there was no expiry date. Why can’t I just buy a phone & the minutes for a major emergency & be able to forget about it until there is one?

This video could use an update. Nowadays it's cheaper, the plans more fair, the plan i'm going for is offering the phone free. I will be replacing my cell service for a sat phone next month. First i'm getting the gemini pda, that'll be used for text messaging. The sat phone will work for voice as well as emergencies for days i'm out flying.

just found your channel dude, immediately subscribed, love your no bs straight to business format. Oh and by the way, Iridium is currently sending 70 new satellites Iridium NEXT constellation using SpaceX, so they will probably be releasing a new satellite phone soon. Also there's a huge difference in call quality, because Inmarsat is in geostationary orbit, there is a huge delay when you talk due to light speed lag, iridium lag is same as landline. You should cover some Satellite ISPs they operate on different band, use larger antennas, and you CAN watch youtube videos.

Wow, I was researching the vendors of sat-phones last year and I couldn't find any of the information on the infrastructure of the service providers. This is great info and thanks for staying on point (e.g. no tangential marketing spam). Great Video!! Keep up the good work.

I got a Weather Drone ad. How ironic...

I'll be buying one down the road when I retire up in the Sierra's, good intro, thank you!