Anicet Mbida 06:52, September 12, 2022

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This Monday, he is interested in a great novelty in telephony.

With the latest models, we will be able to make calls or send messages, even when we have no more battery, and even when we have no more network.

There's something new in phones.

With the latest models, we will be able to make calls or send messages, even when we have no more battery, and even when we have no more network.

Finally some real news on phones!

Because we have to admit it, for years we have always had the same phones, with a slightly better camera.

In recent days, we have been treated to two real novelties.

The first: being able to make calls even when the battery is flat.

It is Huawei's latest Mate 50 that offers it.

Its operation is simple: the device is equipped with an additional battery, a kind of reserve in which it will draw, but only when the main battery is empty.

In fact, it is simply an extension of the main battery.

No, it's a real reserve.

The phone will start working in degraded mode and constantly remind you that it needs to be recharged.

And we're talking about a very small battery.

It will give a maximum of 2 hours of autonomy.

This will allow you to receive or make calls when you are really in trouble.

Another novelty: satellite communication.

If we find ourselves in an area where we have no network at all, we can connect to a satellite to send an SMS.

You still need to be able to see the sky.

So it won't work underground, for example.

But it will already be very practical to ask for help when you have a problem in the middle of nowhere.

Can we just text or call?

No, only SMS.

We can only send them, not receive them.

This feature requires new antennas on the phone.

For the moment, it is only offered on the Mate 50 (him again) and on the latest iPhone 14… even if, at Apple, you can only send your GPS position or a preformatted emergency message.

These services will be launched in the coming weeks in China and the United States and then in the rest of the world.

With all the repeated floods, fires and disasters.

It may not be by chance that manufacturers are finally addressing emergency connectivity issues.