In celebration of the dumb phone, a rare sanity-saving gadget
https://www.theverge.com/23662032/smartphone-dumb-phone-tik-tok-instagram-mental-health
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The UK's 3G/2G mobile services are being phased out in the next few years, starting in early 2023. The 3G networks have been around since 2003 and are used to deliver calls, texts, and lower speed data services.
(some Dumb phones will be affected)
Virtual networks, such as Giffgaff, Tesco Mobile and Smarty, piggback off one of the Big Four networks. As such, their 3G services will end in line with the parent network
table below to see what this means for virtual providers:
@ecksmc It's definitely safer to do that. Sadly my husband can function with mainframes, servers, Unix (and similar) and database management systems but not tablets and phones. (and he has no interest in learning) 🙂 But my BIL has the attention span of a goldfish (on a good day). I once got him a simple smartphone, set it up and I've had it back for almost 2 years now 🤣
@Mandypar morning Mandy :)
yeah gonna affect some people that's for sure
I prefer using my dumb phone these days when out and about