An Elon phone would almost certainly exclusively use StarLink, because the cabal (TMobile, AT&T, Verizon, etc) would most assuredly not host the phone on THEIR network. A repeater for the car, home, & office etc would be another source of revenue, since I do believe he would not be able to access bandwidth on any existing network.
I have a cable with a reciever/transmitter on one end I attach to my Iridium Extreme 9575 for car/indoor use (similar to SiriusXM but also transmits) I cannot imagin Elon would not provide the same. ⁹
An Elon phone would almost certainly exclusively use StarLink, because the cabal (TMobile, AT&T, Verizon, etc) would most assuredly not host the phone on THEIR network. A repeater for the car, home, & office etc would be another source of revenue, since I do believe he would not be able to access bandwidth on any existing network.
A satellite-only phone would lose coverage anywhere indoors - no bueno for most of us.
I have a cable with a reciever/transmitter on one end I attach to my Iridium Extreme 9575 for car/indoor use (similar to SiriusXM but also transmits) I cannot imagin Elon would not provide the same. ⁹
But you still have to be outdoors for that, no?
No. The transceiver is on your roof (house or car), connected to your satphone by the cable.