return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoEnd of an era: T-Mobile finally closes the door on 2G for goodwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down13
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minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 days agoJust when some people are getting interested in reviving old dumbphones
minus-squareHumanius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoThe dumbphones being released now should all work on modern networks. The connection being 4G / 5G doesn’t mean the phone must have an internet browser and an app store.
minus-squaremagic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoIf I can’t use my Nokia N-Gage, what’s the point?
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYes, but they’re new phones, not old phones revival
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoI have a dumb phone that works on 4G and uses voiceover LTE for its calling, so you can still use a dumb phone. Just because the underlying network is 4G or 5G doesn’t mean you have to have a web browser and all the smartphone stuff.
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days ago I have a dumb phone that works on 4G and uses voiceover LTE for its calling, so you can still use a dumb phone. Of course you can, but buying new isn’t the same as reviving the old ones
Just when some people are getting interested in reviving old dumbphones
The dumbphones being released now should all work on modern networks. The connection being 4G / 5G doesn’t mean the phone must have an internet browser and an app store.
If I can’t use my Nokia N-Gage, what’s the point?
Yes, but they’re new phones, not old phones revival
I have a dumb phone that works on 4G and uses voiceover LTE for its calling, so you can still use a dumb phone.
Just because the underlying network is 4G or 5G doesn’t mean you have to have a web browser and all the smartphone stuff.
Of course you can, but buying new isn’t the same as reviving the old ones
Yeah, fair enough