Motorola Defy Satellite Link

[Jong Lafitte]

The cost weight and feature set of this little thing looks pretty interesting. Seems like it could fit pretty well for a lot of use cases.

Lacks any nav assistance (? Looks like anyway) but does add 2way sat non-emergency and emergency comms to a smartphone and stand alone one way SOS via sat.

100 bucks and 6 bucks a month, 2.5 oz; looks interesting. Whatcha think?

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/art...id-smartphone/




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[climberevan]

I've been waiting for a disruptor to switch to from the InReach, and this could be it....

[fleaches]

How does the satellite network motorola is using compare to iridium? In terms of coverage etc

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[Jong Lafitte]

How does the satellite network motorola is using compare to iridium? In terms of coverage etc

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Good point it appears to probably use Inmarsat, high earth orbit(?) which has drawn some complaints about reliability.


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[timmaio]

I'm considering getting this when available because the subscription is so much less expensive than my inreach. Hope to have some real life info before doing so though