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Brick phones will ring in an unlikely revival (www.reuters.com)
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Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

In my country, they're planning to phase out 3G, while 2G is very unclear because of just how many things rely on it, not just phones.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Yup, 3G is already dead around here. Well, mostly, O2 is doing the transition very slowly.