Yeah I get the 2G/3G coverage difference but I was thinking more along the lines of why bother with 3G at all? Say we assume some years down the line that coverage is pretty much the same across 2G/3G/4G why would you keep 3G? It offers nothing that 4G can't and has a number of drawbacks where as 2G still has some benefits for apps like low data use M2M where power efficiency is important.
Yeah I get the 2G/3G coverage difference but I was thinking more along the lines of why bother with 3G at all? Say we assume some years down the line that coverage is pretty much the same across 2G/3G/4G why would you keep 3G? It offers nothing that 4G can't and has a number of drawbacks where as 2G still has some benefits for apps like low data use M2M where power efficiency is important.
Heh Verizon in america would agree with you they have already said that both 2G and 3G will go from there network and are already looking at 4G only phones for there network. It frees up spectrum from used frequencies for 2G and 3G. Cuts overheads. I would sooner keep 3G then 2G though.
Comments
Kingswells gets NO Voda signal, 2G O2 last time i checked!
Portlethen AND Stonehaven only 2G.. with O2 and i think Voda!
MBNL Strong 3G in all of them!
Heh Verizon in america would agree with you they have already said that both 2G and 3G will go from there network and are already looking at 4G only phones for there network. It frees up spectrum from used frequencies for 2G and 3G. Cuts overheads. I would sooner keep 3G then 2G though.