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Re:New iPhone SE by thatwasunusual on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:25PM (#30608780)
> My mom uses an old iPhone 5, and is only giving it up this year because the carrier will no longer support 3G.

Can you explain this in more detail? I'm pretty sure I misunderstand, but how will a phone upgrade affect the 3G-carrier-link?

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Re:New iPhone SE by betaby on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:33PM (#30608864)
Because there won't be 3G anymore in US/CAN/Scandinavia https://northernbi.com/3g-sunset-update-for-us-and-canadian-...
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Re:New iPhone SE by thatwasunusual on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:43PM (#30608968)
But doesn't the iPhone 5 support 4G? Or am I still misunderstanding? :)
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Re:New iPhone SE by kipchak on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @07:43PM (#30609546)
At least on ATT in the US the iPhone 5 is not on the "supported" list, the 6 and up is.

https://www.att.com/idpassets/images/support/pdf/Devices-Wor...

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Re:New iPhone SE by thatwasunusual on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:23PM (#30610259)
Ah. Thanks for the info!
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Re:New iPhone SE by extra88 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:25PM (#30610268)
I don’t know about the 5 but the 5s supports 4G but is no longer supported by carriers because it doesn’t support Voice over LTE (VoLTE).
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Re:New iPhone SE by pottertheotter on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @01:44AM (#30611599)
The iPhone 5 uses 3G for voice and 4G for data.
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