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> We have 5G and stupid fast chips in phones now. The people who need government services the most won't have this

• atonse 4y ago
  Do we have hard data on this? Just want to make sure we aren’t just making assumptions. I would think most folks of any income would replace their phones even every 5 years, simply because the batteries would’ve died. And I’d think any phone in the past 5 years would be reasonably decent. Even the ultra cheap ones. Plus with networks, cell carriers are at least incentivized in general to get folks off 3g into lte since it’s cheaper for them to not have to maintain N systems.
  • mejutoco 4y ago
    IMO the key concept is that the government does not serve most folks. It serves all folks, so it is good to be slightly conservative in terms of bandwidth. For data maybe Android share in Europe could be a start, or people with prepaid plans. In my experience both are much more prevalent in Europe than in the US.
  • youngtaff 4y ago
    GDS have it (or at least proxies for some of it) as part of their RUM data Device memory is a good proxy for how powerful the phone is Effective connection type will give some data on network performance
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