On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM William Park via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
So, it seems I need to get a new phone. Where do you buy a phone nowadays?
My most recent phone, a basic Android 4G Samsung unlocked smartphone, I got at Costco. Being a basic Android phone, will my phone run the latest / greatest mobile phone games? No. Do I care? No.
On 2025-06-19 23:08, William Park via Talk wrote:
Freedom Mobile site has compatibility test
https://www.freedommobile.ca/en-CA/support/3g-network-phase-out-in-canada
And, my phone is not compatible. :-((
On 2025-06-19 22:41, William Park via Talk wrote:
After many clicks, I ended up on Samsung site, and it still had official manual for my model. It says
"HSPA+ Tri-band and GSM/EDGE/GPRS quad band network"
which Google says it's not quite 4G.
So, Freedom Mobile mighi follow suit, and I'll have to buy a new phone. :-(
On 2025-06-19 21:35, Scott Allen wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 at 21:21, William Park via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
How do I find out what I'm using? I have an old Samsung S3 (yes, three)
If you mean a Samsung Galaxy S III, gsmarena.com says it supports only GSM / HSPA, which I believe is only 3G. https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9300_galaxy_s_iii-4238.php
When I enter "Samsung Galaxy S III" in the "Find out if your phone works with chatr" section of the Chatr page Senica linked to, it returns: "Your device isn’t in our list of compatible devices. You must use a different device to use chatr."
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