Verizon is currently experiencing a major outage that is affecting many customers across the U.S., including iPhone users. Affected users may

Verizon customers are reporting significant outages Monday morning, which created some confusion for iPhone users whose phones were in SOS mode.

"When SOS appears in your iPhone status bar, it means a cellular network is available for emergency calls ," the company says. Those who make a call with SOS will automatically go to a local emergency number and their location will be shared with emergency services.