Light Phone 2: A simple 4G phone with e-ink

Re:Light Phone 2: A simple 4G phone with e-ink by shakehar on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @08:08PM (#17252211)

Why 4G? Wouldn't 3G use less power and let it run for longer?

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Re:Light Phone 2: A simple 4G phone with e-ink by petecox on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @08:50PM (#17252386)

Longevity.

I live in a country where they have shut off the 2G network. 3G may well suffer the same fate within a few years, as carriers migrate to 5G.

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Re:Light Phone 2: A simple 4G phone with e-ink by TYPE_FASTER on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @08:48PM (#17252377)

Verizon is shutting down their 3G network at the end of 2019

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Re:Light Phone 2: A simple 4G phone with e-ink by iodiniemetra on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @08:09PM (#17252215)

Difference in power usage isn't that great, and carriers are provisioning 4g capability - in areas where 3g is over-used, it's not being improved.

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