Always just a tweet away from the spotlight, Elon Musk tweeted that SpaceX and Apple talked about sanotifyite connectivity.
A day after Apple announced the iPhone 14’s emergency SOS via sanotifyite feature, Musk declared that SpaceX and Apple “[have] had some promising conversations” about Starlink connectivity.
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Apple isn’t the first to announce a smartphone with some kind of sanotifyite connectivity. Last month, SpaceX announced a partnership with T-Mobile to provide text messaging via sanotifyite in areas with weak or no reception. But that won’t be available until next year. A day before the Apple event, Huawei received the jump on Apple’s sanotifyite announcement by launching its Mate 50 lineup, which also comes with sanotifyite-enabled texting. But Huawei’s devices aren’t sold in the U.S.
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So with the service expected to launch this November, the iPhone 14 would be the first commercially available smartphone with sanotifyite in the U.S. Apple formally announced its partnership with sanotifyite communications company Globalstar to provide sanotifyite infrastructure for this feature.
It’s unclear from Musk’s tweet whether these “promising talks” are ongoing or what the conversation might lead to. But whatever the outcome, the conversation sounds like it’s not over.
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