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  2. Column: As 5G wireless arrives, older phones are about to ...

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    As 3G networks are shut down, older phones will become obsolete. The rollout of super-fast 5G mobile networks will be completed next year. As 3G networks are shut down, older phones will become ...

  3. Planned obsolescence - Wikipedia

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    The practice in phone design started with Apple's iPhones and has now spread out to most other mobile phones [23] with, as of 2022, the exception of Fairphone and Shiftphone offerings. Earlier mobile phones (including water-resistant ones) had back covers that could be opened by the user in order to replace the battery. [ 24 ]

  4. Tachyonic antitelephone - Wikipedia

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    A tachyonic antitelephone is a hypothetical device in theoretical physics that could be used to send signals into one's own past. Albert Einstein in 1907 [1] [2] presented a thought experiment of how faster-than-light signals can lead to a paradox of causality, which was described by Einstein and Arnold Sommerfeld in 1910 as a means "to telegraph into the past". [3]

  5. Mobile technology - Wikipedia

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    4G is the current mainstream cellular service offered to cell phone users, performance roughly 10 times faster than 3G service. [ 4 ] One of the most important features in the 4G mobile networks is the domination of high-speed packet transmissions or burst traffic in the channels.

  6. Landlines may seem obsolete, but people in these states pick ...

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    Pew Research Center data shows that 9 in 10 U.S. adults have smartphones and another 7% have mobile phones that are not smartphones. Among younger adults, smartphone access is also nearly universal .

  7. Things Boomers Took for Granted That are Obsolete Now

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    3G Phones and Other Devices. 2001-2022. The 3G wireless network that introduced so many people to internet on their phones has been completely shut down in the U.S. Cellular providers only have a ...

  8. Mobile phone - Wikipedia

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    Two decades of evolution of mobile phones, from a 1992 Motorola DynaTAC 8000X to the 2014 iPhone 6 Plus. A mobile phone, or cell phone, [a] is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike fixed-location phones (landline phones).

  9. The next generation of phones will make SIM cards obsolete

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    SIM cards are what connects a cellphone to the network, but since it's proprietary to each one, it's a pain when traveling in case you have to switch carriers.