3G smartphones not going away soon

Hanno Labuschagne

Hanno Labuschagne

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3G smartphones not going away soon

People with 3G-only devices in South Africa will be able to continue using them for the next several years.

However, continued imports of devices that support only 2G and 3G connectivity are hindering South Africa's plan to shut down these legacy network technologies and replace them with improved 4G and 5G services.
 
FiestaST said:
NGL I miss the 3G smartphone days.

It was a simpler time.
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I remember my first edge capable phone. One of the cheaper Motorola flips if I recall... V360?
Yes...
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If you honestly asked me which phone I had the most fun with, it was hands down the RAZR
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Simple - ban the importing of 2G and 3G phones. The supply will dry up, and those in existance, will disappear faster than many would believe. People, will buy the cheapest phones they can get, so make the price of LTE phones more accessible to the lower end of the market will also do wonders.

The question is, do we have the will to do that - I have my doudts.
 
Swa said:
Outdated. If it was 15 years ago perhaps but who still watches traditional broadcasts?
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Most of the country, or are you forgetting the masses who still have non smart phones, and who watch SABC on old little TV's connected to batteries?
 
Bad Ballie said:
Most of the country, or are you forgetting the masses who still have non smart phones, and who watch SABC on old little TV's connected to batteries?
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Those masses, lose, and break their phones regularly - and replace them with the cheapest replacement the can find.

Doudt there are that many still using CRT TV's as those have rather more limited life spans than current LCD TV panels. Also the electricity supply in there areas are not of the highest quality, which is not good for those devices.
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Simple - ban the importing of 2G and 3G phones. The supply will dry up, and those in existance, will disappear faster than many would believe. People, will buy the cheapest phones they can get, so make the price of LTE phones more accessible to the lower end of the market will also do wonders.

The question is, do we have the will to do that - I have my doudts.
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On that note why have networks continued selling 2/3G devices? They are the major importers.

Bad Ballie said:
Most of the country, or are you forgetting the masses who still have non smart phones, and who watch SABC on old little TV's connected to batteries?
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Most of those masses have satellite dishes. Terrestrial broadcasts are a thing of the past and even satellite isn't linear any more with PVRs and on demand content. This is another boat the ANC is trying to sail after all the passengers disembarked.
 
Swa said:
On that note why have networks continued selling 2/3G devices? They are the major importers.
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I havr been pondering that question myself. They are the ones, in need of that spectrum, but they are not working to get it freed up - why?

Swa said:
Most of those masses have satellite dishes. Terrestrial broadcasts are a thing of the past and even satellite isn't linear any more with PVRs and on demand content. This is another boat the ANC is trying to sail after all the passengers disembarked.
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All that cash, they have stolen via various means is weighting them down so badly the cannot move.
 
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