[Fatalist_ma]

Well it's a finger-sized antenna. Admittedly all I know about antennas is that size matters. An Iphone is bigger than a finger, why is it inconceivable that it could have a comparable antenna on its surface? Also for an Iphone this would be just one rarely-used feature, it could get by with somewhat worse reception and lower bandwidth than a dedicated satellite phone.

[detaro]

"satellite phone, but doesn't work reliably" doesn't sound like something Apple would waste space and money on.

[dzhiurgis]

AirTags, MacBook Pro keyboards, iPhone 4, Siri

The list is endless.

[detaro]

At least two of those are not designed to be bad.