Three UK to stop selling 3G-only phones, looks forward to 4G future
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- 23 May 2018
AnonD-470007, 22 May 2018So when are "3" going to rename the brand and become "4"??First thing I thought when I read this post haha
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- 22 May 2018
AnonD-470007, 22 May 2018So when are "3" going to rename the brand and become "4"??Lol...4,5,6 up to 10 have been patented by Apple
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- 22 May 2018
BumbleSquat, 22 May 2018In My opinion 3 is the best network in Ireland I also have ... moreI'm sure your experience should count more than mine since you live there. However in London it was mediocre at best for me in the short time I used it.
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- 22 May 2018
So when are "3" going to rename the brand and become "4"??
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- 22 May 2018
sa11oum, 22 May 20183 is garbage. I've never lived in the UK but I bought a pre... moreIn My opinion 3 is the best network in Ireland I also have family in UK that use 3 that rate it better than all the rest
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- 22 May 2018
The US has *not* switched off 2G. AT&T has. T-Mobile US has not.
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- 22 May 2018
Anonymous, 22 May 2018Why? I'm also wondering about the carriers who will kill bo... morepower usage, maintenance cost, upkeep cost and a dwindling market of phones that use those bands mean that it's not worth keeping them around. granted there are some places that aren't able to keep up but the locations that are doing away with the older outdated systems have a solid connection for modern phones to fallback on.
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- sa11oum
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- 22 May 2018
3 is garbage. I've never lived in the UK but I bought a prepaid 3 SIM when I was there on vacation, I didn't get reception anywhere, sometimes outdoors. Junk.
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- 22 May 2018
3g was always bad indoors where i live, dropped calls all the time. 4g slightly better but only certain phones do Volte. Wonder if 5g will be better for indoor signal and depending what Mhz its will be on.
I also found that my battery drained much quicker on 3, im guess that was to do with my phone forever searching for a dignal. Im now back on o2 and have none of these issues. But would look at 3 again if indoor coverage improved.
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- 22 May 2018
No big deal, in Brazil we do not sell 3G phones at Claro's operator since 2016.
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- 22 May 2018
Tele2 Netherlands has already moved on to a 4G-Only network.
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- 22 May 2018
Anonymous, 22 May 2018Why? I'm also wondering about the carriers who will kill bo... moreNetwork operators gets/buys frequency ranges for their services. Reducing the number of active ranges obviously frees up bandwidth for other things. I'm guessing they're freeing up space for 5G by closing the UMTS bands.
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- 22 May 2018
Let's hope they're going to make these 4G phones waterproof as in my area getting a decent Three signal indoors is like winning big on the lottery.
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- 22 May 2018
Why? I'm also wondering about the carriers who will kill both 2G and 3G... why? Can't they exist in the same time as 4G or even 5G? Meanwhile in my country, there are still areas with mostly 2G coverage and very weak 3G, let alone 4G.