A closer look
The dreaded 'No Service' indicator on your phone screen is about to be eradicated from existence. Historically, satellite phones required clunky, expensive briefcases with massive antennas to connect to orbit. However, massive commercial satellites in low Earth orbit are now deploying phased array antennas the size of a small apartment building. These massive arrays are powerful enough to pick up the faint radio signals emitted by standard, unmodified smartphones, essentially acting as cellular towers floating 300 miles above your head and blanketing the entire planet in uninterrupted coverage.
