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I went with Mint and a 5g unlocked Motorola phone when T-Mobile stopped supporting the 3g phone I got from T-Mobile. I wonder how long it'll be before I'm force
by mikewarot 4y ago
I went with Mint and a 5g unlocked Motorola phone when T-Mobile stopped supporting the 3g phone I got from T-Mobile. I wonder how long it'll be before I'm forced to discard another otherwise fully functional phone?
I'm not a happy camper, but that's par for the course in this, the worst timeline.
- wtallis 4y agoYour 3G phone may not have been broken, but using it was like driving a tractor or horse-drawn buggy on a freeway. RF spectrum with propagation characteristics amenable to cellular networks is a precious finite resource, and older, slower radio protocols are downright wasteful to keep operating when LTE and 5G can accommodate more customers and more voice/data throughput with the same bandwidth.
- mikewarot 4y agoHere in Indiana, we share the roads with both horse-drawn buggies, and agricultural equipment. We haven't prohibited them from being on most roads. I only used my old phone for actual calls... I use my smartphone wayyyyy more.