Mobile phone coverage.

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Originally Posted by Tins

Same here. Pretty sure all US iPhones are eSim only now. That's almost certain to follow here.  has a fair amount of clout with carriers. I imagine the big Android manufacturers, looking at you Samsung, do as well. Dual sim is pretty much the norm in China though.

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My dad has the dual sim on an android phone bought from China. Makes me laugh because everything Google is blocked on it. :lol2:

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

Makes me laugh because everything Google is blocked on it. :lol2:

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Where can I get one???

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Originally Posted by Tins

Where can I get one???

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China.

Got an email from my carrier today. I knew it was happening, and when ( 28/10/2024 ). Was surprised that they told me a phone they have listed for me, an old iPhone 5 that Jan had, would lose service as well. It's 4G capable, but not VoLTE apparently. I think this change is going to impact more things than a lot of us were aware of.

I'm glad none of my cars feel the need to connect to the cloud. For many, many reasons, lack of software updates being the least of them.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

I’ve seen my Aldi service being unavailable many time when outside major regional areas, e.g., driving north out of Canberra to Yass. If you compare the Telstra service map with the Aldi one, you’ll see many differences.

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I'll just toss this in for interest on this subject. Do-Do use Optus Has been fine for our/my use.

OPTUS is a part of SINGTEL

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Originally Posted by Tins

Got an email from my carrier today. I knew it was happening, and when ( 28/10/2024 ). Was surprised that they told me a phone they have listed for me, an old iPhone 5 that Jan had, would lose service as well. It's 4G capable, but not VoLTE apparently. I think this change is going to impact more things than a lot of us were aware of.

I'm glad none of my cars feel the need to connect to the cloud. For many, many reasons, lack of software updates being the least of them.

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Aw I dunno John, it'd be easy to service but getting there & back with tools etc may present problems.[biggrin]

They are in the process of decommissioning the 3G network here. Has not been too much a problem for most mobile phone users as a 3G phone is going to be 10 years old and. It’s will have been long replaced. Where it is proving to be a problem is all the commercial products that still use 3G and will need to be replaced

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Originally Posted by Tins

Got an email from my carrier today. I knew it was happening, and when ( 28/10/2024 ). Was surprised that they told me a phone they have listed for me, an old iPhone 5 that Jan had, would lose service as well. It's 4G capable, but not VoLTE apparently. I think this change is going to impact more things than a lot of us were aware of.

I'm glad none of my cars feel the need to connect to the cloud. For many, many reasons, lack of software updates being the least of them.

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Just get an iPhone SE John. I baulked twice then did it. I don't need 5 cameras in a phone, they can get a free upgrade to iOS 17, handle all the different networks, etc, no brainer. They're still available and still the size as a 5.

DL

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

Just get an iPhone SE John. I baulked twice then did it. I don't need 5 cameras in a phone, they can get a free upgrade to iOS 17, handle all the different networks, etc, no brainer. They're still available and still the size as a 5.

DL

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I keep the 5 for sentimental reasons only. Got a later model for me.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

China.

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How about the Usual Suspects, 'Doogee'. et al, from BAnggood or Alibaba etc ? Saw a nice one with inbuilt thermal camera... around $350 US

My 2017 Banggood -for- Bali-holiday' android is still working & comforting to carry as a last-ditch spare. Holds it's charge for months. [biggrin] And yes, is Dual Sim. About $100. from fading memory