Your next phone could have a 10km Bluetooth connection

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/your-next-phone-could-have-a-10km-bluetooth-connection/

The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus promises never-before-seen connectivity, but there's a catch.

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8 Comments

OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why the fuck would I want that? That sounds like a huge security liability.

jonne@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 1y

Trackers like the Apple Tag would definitely work better with this.

dumblederp@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y

Requires perfect conditions and clear line-of-sight. Seems like a click-bait marketing article. edit: and 10km would be over the horizon so it'd need elevated equipment to compensate for the curvature of the earth.

capuccino@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

you would only need a car battery in your back

INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

With a 10m antenna. You don't want to be anywhere near the end of it either.

owenfromcanada@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Does it count as Bluetooth if it extends that far? I haven't looked into the SoC, but that seems misleading at the very least.

BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y

The Bluetooth standard uses maximum power as a requirement for classification not range. So if they manage to not exceed the power limit of class 1 it would be valid.

onlinepersona@programming.dev · 0 pts · 1y

Bluetooth barely works when my phone is in my pocket and my headset on my head. Make that work first before imagining users with a 10km long neck.

(Or maybe this is the kind of connectivity it takes to make Bluetooth work when my phone is in my pocket)

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