The 4$ smartphone

Re:The 4$ smartphone by pedalpete on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:28AM (#11116240)

It's also only 3g, but if you're not into photography and mostly use wifi, it could be a good little device.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by creshal on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @06:14AM (#11117019)

3G is already faster than "broadband" in most parts of the world. It's good enough.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by ju-st on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @07:11AM (#11117274)

When I'm at home and my 3G phone loads everything faster than expected I know that Wifi isn't enabled...

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by creshal on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @08:35AM (#11117693)

Same here. When I recently had to upload a 3 GB file, I split it in 3 and uploaded one part with each of my (3G) phones… 45 minutes instead of the 4 hours it would have taken me with my ADSL line.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by bduerst on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @12:45PM (#11119639)

Found my fellow Comcast customer :/

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by ggoss on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @06:24PM (#11122404)

Just as bad here with AT&T (Uverse)

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by ck2 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @10:13AM (#11118324)

3G has a wide range of specs - at its lowest it is only twice dialup speed.

Developers should actually test their websites at 3G speeds and latency.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by creshal on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @10:22AM (#11118388)

144 Kbit/s is legally considered "broadband" in Austria. Although ISPs are usually generous enough to offer 384k minimum.

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