(10-31-2024, 07:41 AM)The Shooters Apprentice Wrote: I just use the built in text app on my phone. Always have.
As far as that satellite texting thing goes, it’s not nearly as good as inreach. Takes forever to send/receive and ONLY works from iPhone to iPhone and they both have to be newer phones. Also, in the fine print the satellite texting service is only free for 2 years on iPhone. Not sure what it will cost after that. I have a inreach since I work mostly out of signal and REALLY like it, but will probably install starlink on my truck at some point.
It’s actually better than in reach as I’ve also got that
yes it’s only from iPhone to iPhone but then again it is an Apple thing & designed to be used with iPhones
it has to be on a iPhone 14 or newer running IOS 18 as the 14 has the hardware needed for this to operate if you have an older iPhone not on 18 iOS you can still receive texts, just not respond or initiate
have not seen anywhere in small print about a cost to use it in 2 years
Just looked and the wife’s old iPhone was a 7, so it’s not close to being new & she always received my sat text’s just could not reply
My inreach has a yearly plan fee and then a monthly fee & has to be used with the Earthmate app on a smartphone or it’s almost useless except for the sos feature
