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USB-C and LTE is pretty much required. I suppose you could do a 2G phone, but that might also be hard to source parts of. But the camera, not sure why you'd ev

USB-C and LTE is pretty much required. I suppose you could do a 2G phone, but that might also be hard to source parts of. But the camera, not sure why you'd even bother.

happymellon 2y ago
Aren't 2G networks getting switched off globally?
- mrweasel 2y ago
  I thought so too, but looking into it yesterday, what seems to be happening is that 3G is being shutdown. The largest GSM network in Denmark is 2G, 4G and 5G. But my clear understanding was that 2G was long gone, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
  - happymellon 2y ago
    Interesting. Thanks
- zinekeller 2y ago
  It depends on where you are, some carriers are choosing to maintain GSM while shutting down UMTS, mainly because 2G serves a good fallback voice, SMS and IoT communication system, however insecure(!) it is. Both 3GPP and GSMA didn't really develop a successor to GSM (a basic, reliable, low-powered communication standard) so this is indeed a weird state of affairs, but GSM carrier equipment is still being manufactured for this exact reason.
- grishka 2y ago
  No such plans in Russia. No plans to deploy 5G either tho
  - thodin 2y ago
    No one is willing to supply 5G equipment to Russia due to the sanctions. The 4G networks are already degrading.
    - grishka 2y ago
      It's not because of that, it's primarily because the military won't give up the frequencies used for 5G elsewhere.
      - thodin 2y ago
        4,4 – 4,99 Ghz was allocated, but Rostelecom cannot even launch VoWIFI because of sanctions.