Poll of the Day > Wow they got rid of 3G?

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Judgmenl
04/12/22 10:24:19 AM
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Man technology really likes planned obsolescence.

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Revelation34
04/12/22 10:29:42 AM
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3G is both useless and worthless.

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pionear
04/12/22 11:16:58 AM
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JOExHIGASHI
04/12/22 12:05:54 PM
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It can't even control your mind

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BlackScythe0
04/12/22 12:54:56 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
Man technology really likes planned obsolescence.

??? Why are you acting surprised?
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ParanoidObsessive
04/12/22 2:10:21 PM
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Revelation34 posted...
3G is both useless and worthless.

It was neither of those things, but bleeding edge tech whores certainly used that logic to argue why it should be gotten rid of so they could use its bandwidth.

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agesboy
04/12/22 2:15:09 PM
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AT&T turned off my $300 phone and sent me a $20 to replace it because it's not specifically 4G LTE

fuck planned obsolescence

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Adam_Savage
04/12/22 2:51:08 PM
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they did, and it broke my phone for a week

a new sim card, two firmware flashes, and two phone calls later they reprovisioned it properly

don't try and fuckin tell me my phone is unsupported for 4g towers when it's a fuckin S10, that's only 3 years old

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Judgmenl
04/12/22 3:19:18 PM
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I'm happy my Pixel 3 seems to be fine.

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FatalAccident
04/12/22 5:21:56 PM
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itt people cant get with the times

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Nichtcrawler X
04/12/22 5:23:25 PM
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That's some heavy spoilers Judgemenl.

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Zedonra
04/12/22 5:30:06 PM
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agesboy posted...
AT&T turned off my $300 phone and sent me a $20 to replace it because it's not specifically 4G LTE

fuck planned obsolescence

Meanwhile AT&T sent me a $300-400 5G phone for free but I had already bought a new (budget~ $200-250 Moto 4G phone a few months prior. I shoulda waited). Well at least now if I want to go through the pain in the ass process of setting up and personalizing a new phone I got a 5G phone with higher resolution to switch to, and/or if I break this one somehow but doubt I will.

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Decoy77
04/12/22 5:55:35 PM
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I believe they are ending or did end 3G because now there is 4G and 5G and by doing so they can free up more frequency's to be used for other things that 3G occupied. So not really planned obsolescence but more of removing of old tech to make way and room for new and better tech. Planned obsolescence is what apple does to their phones where they intentionally slow them down after a few years to force you to buy a new one. I think France passed some law against it and Apple had to roll out some update and magically all those old "slow" phones started working almost like new again.

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DragonClaw01
04/12/22 6:06:09 PM
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JOExHIGASHI posted...
It can't even control your mind
Or play a YouTube video at anything but potato resolution for that matter

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agesboy
04/12/22 6:09:25 PM
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no company should make a $300 phone manufactured within the last 5 years unusable

there needs to be a LOT bigger time gap here

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Ogurisama
04/12/22 6:17:03 PM
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agesboy posted...
no company should make a $300 phone manufactured within the last 5 years unusable

there needs to be a LOT bigger time gap here
3G phones are from over 10 years ago. Not likely you would have been finding one within the last 5 years that was brand new. First LTE phones started to roll out about 10 years ago. And wireless gens are about 10 years between each

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shadowsword87
04/12/22 6:25:34 PM
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That's not planned obsolescence, that's when something internal has a timed lifespan. Like a drill not having basic protection built into it so it breaks faster and you need to buy another drill.

This is not supporting your product anymore.

Ya should know these differences.
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agesboy
04/12/22 6:27:04 PM
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Ogurisama posted...
3G phones are from over 10 years ago. Not likely you would have been finding one within the last 5 years that was brand new. First LTE phones started to roll out about 10 years ago. And wireless gens are about 10 years between each
AT&T has a short whitelist of phone models that work on their network (only 4G VoLTE) with only marginal improvements over 4G LTE, and my phone from 2019 doesn't work

edit: I should also mention, being VoLTE isn't even enough, the specific phone model had to be submitted for certification. so even if it physically should work, if AT&T didn't get their kickback, the phone model will not be allowed to function even if it's perfectly capable of it

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Judgmenl
04/12/22 6:28:27 PM
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agesboy posted...
AT&T has a short whitelist of phone models that work on their network (only 4G VoLTE) with only marginal improvements over 4G LTE, and my phone from 2019 doesn't work
And this is why I pay for T-Mobile.

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BlackScythe0
04/12/22 9:42:05 PM
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3g Tech is from the late 90's. The first 3g in the US available to consumers was in 2002, then we got 4g around 2008 if I'm reading the wiki article right.

agesboy posted...
no company should make a $300 phone manufactured within the last 5 years unusable

there needs to be a LOT bigger time gap here

So my mind is just completely blown that this is a thing? My mind is unable to grasp how a phone would be made in the last 5 years depending on 20+ year old 3g tech and be worth even a hundred bucks.
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Judgmenl
04/12/22 9:43:32 PM
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BlackScythe0 posted...
So my mind is just completely blown that this is a thing? My mind is unable to grasp how a phone would be made in the last 5 years depending on 20+ year old 3g tech and be worth even a hundred bucks.
I think it had something to do with certain carriers (AT&T) not adopting VoLTE. T-Mobile was one of the first adopters iirc, but AT&T never fully switched over and has weird issues with phone locking or something.
I've never had a carrier locked phone, so not really familiar with it (easy enough to buy a $200-$400 unlocked phone).

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agesboy
04/12/22 9:47:12 PM
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My phone's unlocked, but they specifically lock your account if you're not using a whitelisted phone model. It's absolute horseshit.

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Sahuagin
04/12/22 10:26:09 PM
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just USA, my 3G phone is still fine for now, at least as phone

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GGuirao13
04/13/22 4:29:52 AM
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Judgmenl posted...
Man technology really likes planned obsolescence.
I prefer to think of it as evolution.

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pionear
04/13/22 5:36:39 PM
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You can probably still use the phone, just not the Data Networks...(3G)
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MICHALECOLE
04/13/22 5:38:32 PM
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What does the G stand for?
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Metalsonic66
04/13/22 5:38:59 PM
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Do you still use AOL too

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Ogurisama
04/13/22 5:41:43 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
What does the G stand for?
Generation

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MICHALECOLE
04/13/22 5:42:39 PM
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Ogurisama posted...
Generation
What about the K in a 4K tv?
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shadowsword87
04/13/22 5:47:58 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
What about the K in a 4K tv?

Keneration.
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MICHALECOLE
04/13/22 5:49:17 PM
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shadowsword87 posted...
Keneration.
And the JK in JK Simmons?
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captpackrat
04/13/22 7:40:53 PM
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pionear posted...
You can probably still use the phone, just not the Data Networks...(3G)
Since they are specifically mentioning it has to support VoLTE (Voice over LTE), probably not.

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Ogurisama
04/13/22 7:42:42 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
What about the K in a 4K tv?
1000

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MICHALECOLE
04/13/22 9:21:27 PM
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Ogurisama posted...
1000
4000 what though?
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Sahuagin
04/13/22 9:22:14 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
4000 what though?
no the K is 1000, so it's 41000

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MICHALECOLE
04/13/22 9:22:36 PM
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Ohhh

41000 what though?
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Ogurisama
04/13/22 9:22:38 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
4000 what though?
4000 horizontal pixels

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MICHALECOLE
04/13/22 9:23:29 PM
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Is it exactly 4000? That seems too exact. I bet its like 4029 or something
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Judgmenl
04/13/22 9:25:56 PM
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3840x2160...

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MICHALECOLE
04/13/22 9:29:01 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
3840x2160...
8,294,400
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Adam_Savage
04/14/22 1:58:26 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...

And the JK in JK Simmons?

jeneration kenerator

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MICHALECOLE
04/14/22 2:27:10 AM
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Adam_Savage posted...
jeneration kenerator
You should have said jeneration 1000
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Adam_Savage
04/14/22 2:34:04 AM
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no

because that's dumb

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Revelation34
04/14/22 2:51:24 AM
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MICHALECOLE posted...

What about the K in a 4K tv?


Kolache

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MICHALECOLE
04/14/22 2:54:05 AM
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Adam_Savage posted...
no

because that's dumb
But we already established k is 1000

pay attention
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SunWuKung420
04/14/22 8:39:28 AM
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Do you miss floppy disks as well?

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