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Or you know, just get a dedicated gps device like Inreach for a a few hundred $ one time + gps plan as you need. I wouldn’t rely on my iPhone for truly expedition like situations you actually plan for.

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deleted@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s not the case people get lost or missing because they don’t have a gps.

They mostly do have a gps but either they get injured (falling in a well or between rocks) or their car breaks down / get stuck.

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- Rykzon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah I didn’t mean gps as in navigation, Inreach is a dedicated satellite communicator. I meant I wouldn’t trust an iPhone for emergency communication if I plan to go somewhere extremely remote
  
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  - deleted@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ooh… I didn’t know such products exists.
    
    I thought consumer satellite communications is purely for expensive phone calls.
    
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