(Did I use the right terminology below?)
VZW is halting G3 service by Dec. 2019. ATT halting it 2020 or 2021, iirc.
5G rolling out bigger in 2019 onward (that's gonna take forever I'm guessing, due to all the many smallish antennas they're gonna be installing everywhere).
So with 4G/VOLTE becoming the standard soon, and with 5G rounding the bend after that, what sense does it make to currently upgrade one's 4G/VOLTE phone, since it won't do 5G? Apple isn't touching 5G until 2020.
Also, so anybody with a 3G (think almost every flip phone, early iPhones, etc.) phone on VZW whose phone doesn't do 4G will be hanging by the thumbnails when 3G service ends next year. Ouch. AT&T will offer more time but that's winding down too.
I was recently looking at a new iPhone XR, but with 5G aways off in the distance, there's no way this makes sense now. I'll just keep using my Galaxy S4 instead of throwing all that money away on a brand new phone that's already obsolete. So really, every phone out there, new or used, is obsolete.
These upcoming markets are hopefully gonna see an avalanche of new products real soon now. I know I'm gonna wait.
VZW is halting G3 service by Dec. 2019. ATT halting it 2020 or 2021, iirc.
5G rolling out bigger in 2019 onward (that's gonna take forever I'm guessing, due to all the many smallish antennas they're gonna be installing everywhere).
So with 4G/VOLTE becoming the standard soon, and with 5G rounding the bend after that, what sense does it make to currently upgrade one's 4G/VOLTE phone, since it won't do 5G? Apple isn't touching 5G until 2020.
Also, so anybody with a 3G (think almost every flip phone, early iPhones, etc.) phone on VZW whose phone doesn't do 4G will be hanging by the thumbnails when 3G service ends next year. Ouch. AT&T will offer more time but that's winding down too.
I was recently looking at a new iPhone XR, but with 5G aways off in the distance, there's no way this makes sense now. I'll just keep using my Galaxy S4 instead of throwing all that money away on a brand new phone that's already obsolete. So really, every phone out there, new or used, is obsolete.
These upcoming markets are hopefully gonna see an avalanche of new products real soon now. I know I'm gonna wait.