Apple’s Big Satellite Tech Push For iPhone Has Slowed Down: Here’s Why

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Last Updated:May 29, 2025, 08:10 IST

Apple launched the outer net work with the iPhone 14 exemplary a fewer years backmost but the institution wanted to vie with Starlink successful a large way.

Apple wanted to go the Starlink contention but its net plans person slowed down. (Photo: AI generated)

Apple launched the satellite-based SOS connection diagnostic with Globalstar arsenic the relation connected the iPhone 14 exemplary successful the US. The institution has since past offered the premium diagnostic for escaped with the latest iPhone 16 models successful the region. 

But it seems Apple’s ambitions to instrumentality the outer diagnostic to different products and regions person reportedly taken a immense hit. And reports assertion each this is due to the fact that Apple said nary to Elon Musk’s institution for a akin woody backmost successful 2022 and from there, these plans had to instrumentality a backseat for varying reasons. 

iPhone Satellite Push, Apple Dithers 

The study by The Information talks astir Apple having large plans with the outer internet service, not conscionable limiting its entree to exigency services, but operating arsenic an net work supplier with the assistance of telcos. In fact, Apple would person go a nonstop rival to Starlink net service, the 1 that Elon Musk owns. 

That’s wherever the reported woody from Musk to Apple for moving SpaceX outer connectivity to iPhones was connected the table, but Apple did not find the woody agreeable to its terms, and rejected the offering. Musk past went up and launched his ain outer work for the iPhone users successful concern with T-Mobile which benignant of played spoilsport with the existent intent of Apple entering this space. 

Why Stop? 

Fast-forward to 2025, and it seems Apple is inactive not definite astir going guardant with its earlier ambitions for outer tech. The study claims CEO Tim Cook was definite not astir however its concern with operators volition cookware retired if the net services did instrumentality disconnected without their support. 

And that’s not all, the company, present rivaling Musk, who is adjacent with the existent US President Trump regime, puts them successful an awkward presumption and evident scrutiny of the regulators, particularly if it starts charging the outer SMS and telephone diagnostic from iPhone users. 

The outer connectivity abstraction has immense imaginable but the defender rails and the regulations volition stunt immoderate imaginable introduction of a subordinate similar Apple, present that you person Starlink, and different telecom operators who would alternatively play it harmless alternatively than effort thing assertive and suffer their impetus successful a increasing assemblage for the adjacent fewer years.

Apple is rumoured to beryllium bringing outer features to the Watch 3 Ultra aboriginal this year, but going by these details, we won’t beryllium definite astir that anymore.

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