Verizon outage leaves millions without service as iPhones display SOS icons

A major Verizon outage is affecting over 2 million users across the U.S., disrupting cellular calls and data with many customers seeing an SOS icon on their iPhones. Verizon says the issue is very high impact and is working through the night to restore service, promising account credits for affected customers (amount TBA). Users can monitor local status on Verizon’s network status page. The SOS indicator is tied to loss of connectivity, not an emergency call, and concerns about billing are unlikely for this outage.