IOS 18 is available

[Billy Goat]

#gottawatchmhg

 

[fngTony]

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#gottawatchmhg

My apple is too old for sat text

 

[Billy Goat]

My apple is too old for sat text

Getting fermented is it?




My phone does drunk stuff all the time too.

 

[HingleMcCringleberry]

Garmin inreach > anything apple...ever.

 

[Idaboy]

Reminds me of circa ‘98 when few people had a cell phone but everyone had a pager. Until the new tech is widely adopted and compatible across operating systems it’s going to be limited in its practicality.

Some of us......cough,-cough-me...still carry pagers

 

[fwafwow]

My apple is too old for sat text

Same. I've got the 13 mini - and get made fun of due to the size. But those insults bounce off of me, as I know I'm running that model for LW purposes. Bruh.

Seriously, I've thought about stepping up to the 14 or higher for this functionality. If I could figure out how to keep both iPhones, and use my primary cell # on both, I would be installing iOS 18 on one right now. Sometimes texting from a tree-stand is unreliable. The struggle is real.

EDIT - I'm not giving up my inReach Mini.

 

[coloradodrifter]

I’ll be keeping my inreach. Tried the Apple satellite thing and wasn’t very impressed. I sent a test text to my wife and waited two hours and never got her reply. Didn’t receive the respond text until back in cell service.

 

[180ls1]

Does data send? Like a pic of a dead bull or a screenshot of where we are on a map?

 

[jrb CO]

Does data send? Like a pic of a dead bull or a screenshot of where we are on a map?

No

 

[Chanimal]

I tested iphone satellite messaging out over the week and found an issue. I had one bar of cell service at the spot I was in, but it was not enough service to send a regular imessage or text message. Since I barely had service satellite messaging option did not pop up. You cannot manually force satellite messaging and it would only pop up as an option if I dropped off the ridge to zero service area. I was in a dead zone where satellite messaging was not an option and not strong enough service to send a regular text/imessage.

 

[riversidejeep]

Some of us......cough,-cough-me...still carry pagers

I can think of about 4000 other guys just recently did also, but no more.

 

[tdhanses]

I’ll be keeping my inreach. Tried the Apple satellite thing and wasn’t very impressed. I sent a test text to my wife and waited two hours and never got her reply. Didn’t receive the respond text until back in cell service.

Haha, don’t blame your wife ignoring you as an apple problem . Mine does the same when texting.

 

[robby denning]

Sounds like a real PIA. I’ll stick to Inreach for now.

Kinda what I was thinking. InReach mini with the Earthmate App is still pretty quick.

But I AM subscribing to this thread...be interesting to see how this tech evolves and how hunters use it.

 

[alecvg]

I guided a hunter last week in the backcountry, no cell service for miles. He was texting his wife the entire trip without issue on the iphone. I was curious how it would do in heavy timber, since even my inreach struggles at times, it worked flawlessly for him.

 

[steelheadmike]

I tested iphone satellite messaging out over the week and found an issue. I had one bar of cell service at the spot I was in, but it was not enough service to send a regular imessage or text message. Since I barely had service satellite messaging option did not pop up. You cannot manually force satellite messaging and it would only pop up as an option if I dropped off the ridge to zero service area. I was in a dead zone where satellite messaging was not an option and not strong enough service to send a regular text/imessage.

This might keep me from getting a new phone that is satellite-enabled. The "dead zone" scenario happens quite a bit where I go. There is "technically" cell service but not enough to send a message. It would be great if you could switch over to satellite if a message fails to send.

 

[swavescatter]

Apparently Tmobile quietly launched their direct to starlink feature for some people already. Seems like that is seamless without the need for dead zone and direct connection...

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Watching.

I really enjoy being disconnected when outdoors and my Garmin and iphone stay turned off; but for emergencies and the nightly "I'm alive, I love you" text to my wife, it would be sweet to ditch the Garmin and monthly bill attached to it.

 

[180ls1]

Apparently Tmobile quietly launched their direct to starlink feature for some people already. Seems like that is seamless without the need for dead zone and direct connection...

Will you keep us posted on that? It's the first I've heard of it being live.

My relatives have it and I have been considering switching. Would they even know if its turned on for them?

 

[ARK_Ginger]

I tested iphone satellite messaging out over the week and found an issue. I had one bar of cell service at the spot I was in, but it was not enough service to send a regular imessage or text message. Since I barely had service satellite messaging option did not pop up. You cannot manually force satellite messaging and it would only pop up as an option if I dropped off the ridge to zero service area. I was in a dead zone where satellite messaging was not an option and not strong enough service to send a regular text/imessage.

I experienced the same at times.

 

[fwafwow]

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