Apple has paid $450 million for the iPhone 14 satellite rescue function, which may be charged later

At the beginning of September this year, two well-known brands, Huawei and Apple, successively announced innovative satellite communication technologies, which attracted the enthusiastic attention of users from all walks of life. At the same time, Huawei Mate50 and iPhone 14, the two latest series of their own, both support connecting satellites to ask for help or send messages when the mobile phone has no signal. Just yesterday, Apple further supported this function, It paid 450 million yuan for its related companies.

According to Xiao Bian, the satellite emergency rescue service is not completely automated, but needs to be completed through a manual call center. At present, more than 300 Globalstar employees have participated. Andthe vast majority of the $450 million paid by Apple this time goes to Globalstar. The company is the main partner providing satellite emergency rescue function for the iPhone 14 series this time. However, Apple did not take a stake in the company, but promised to purchase its equipment and service operations.

It is worth mentioning that when the iPhone 14 series was released earlier, Apple said that the satellite emergency rescue function carried by the new machine would be used for free in the next two years. However, from the time Apple paid $450 million in satellite emergency rescue service fees to Globalstar and other companies, it is very likely that Apple will change its existing plan and adopt a charging policy in the future.

The above is the specific content about Apple's payment of $450 million for the satellite rescue function of iPhone 14. From the current news, iPhone 14 should not charge any fees for the satellite rescue function in the first two years, but after all, $450 million is not a small amount, and it is also a high-end brand like Apple, so it is not surprising to charge fees later.