Beyond the features introduced in the newest iOS 18.3 update, rumors sprouted that iPhone functionality now includes a new addition: the capability to connect to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network.
Alarm bells rang on social media and support forums that Apple had made a deal with the Elon Musk-owned space company, including TikTok videos advising users to avoid upgrading to iOS 18.3 or “you’ll have Starlink right in their pocket,” but the supposed Apple and SpaceX partnership wasn’t true.
Instead, the iOS 18.3 updates simply let iPhone owners benefit from a different partnership between T-Mobile and SpaceX, wherein the carrier’s customers will be able to harness the latter’s satellite network to connect when they don’t have a cell signal.
In December, T-Mobile…