octalfudge@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoFamily rescued from wildfires in Maui thanks to iPhone’s Emergency SOS via Satellite9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down111
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minus-squaresparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoYes, it is free. But the only thing you can use it for is contacting emergency services.
minus-squareCustoslibera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoIt’s free for 2 years. Then you get the full Tim Apple treatment.
minus-squareNogami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·2 years agoTLDR. There’s no pricing after 2 years yet. Probably get 2 years with every phone purchase. I’d have no problem subscribing to it regardless. I have a family and little kids. I’d never even consider not paying for a service like that if it could save our lives.
minus-squareNogami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·2 years agoI would think it would be nominal. Stories like this are marketing gold and all it would take is one “Apple charges $$$ per year and we decided not to pay it so all of my kids died” story to ruin all of those warm fuzzies.
Yes, it is free. But the only thing you can use it for is contacting emergency services.
It’s free for 2 years.
Then you get the full Tim Apple treatment.
TLDR. There’s no pricing after 2 years yet.
Probably get 2 years with every phone purchase. I’d have no problem subscribing to it regardless.
I have a family and little kids. I’d never even consider not paying for a service like that if it could save our lives.
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I would think it would be nominal.
Stories like this are marketing gold and all it would take is one “Apple charges $$$ per year and we decided not to pay it so all of my kids died” story to ruin all of those warm fuzzies.
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