• lolcatnip
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    1 month ago

    What do you need 5G for on a dumb phone, anyway?

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      1 month ago

      Two words: future proofing. In many places, 2G and 3G networks are either turned off already, or will shutdown in a year or two. Especially with the dumb phone target audience, a phone that will become a brick in a couple of years, is most definitely not something they’re looking for.