How do I find out if my phone is a 3G?? and not going to wok once the 5G's come into play.

[a kennedy]

[dweller]

1. Is it working ?

Then it’s not

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[a kennedy]

2. 😅 yah, it's working......thanks.

[dweller]

5. Look under settings

Cellular

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[brush]

3. If it's one of the original flip phones, forget it. Past time to upgrade.

[MerryHolidays]

4. If you go to settings, check in the network settings

It should give you the options there, including 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G etc, based on your specific phone the operating system.

If it is a phone you bought in the last few years new, there's about a 100% chance it is at least 3G.

[a kennedy]

9. Sorry, this is gonna sound pretty stupid.....under what heading do I find it???

[MerryHolidays]

10. What kind of phone? Android? iPhone? or something else? nt

[a kennedy]

11. Samsung is an android, right??

[MerryHolidays]

12. Should be.

I have an Android phone. If you go to the top of your screen, and scroll down, you should see some of the key network settings. There should be a "gear" icon in the right of that window that pops up

Press it, and then look for Network & Internet. Within that, there should be a setting for "Mobile Network". There you can see whether your phone is 3G etc.

By chance, do you have the model number for your Samsung? Then, we can look it up and tell you definitively.

[a kennedy]

14. Sorry getting back to you so late...... here's model # SM-S367VL

[highplainsdem]

15. Just googled it. Your phone is 4G LTE, fine for at least several more years.

You don't need 5G, as I said in another reply here.

[a kennedy]

16. Thank you so much........♥️

[highplainsdem]

17. You're welcome!

[Mr.Bill]

20. I have an LG Cosmos 3 VN251

It's still working, but I went on a trip 180 miles away and it didn't want to work there. Am I okay with 5G?

[highplainsdem]

21. That's 1xRTT, which I hadn't heard of and had to look up. It's CDMA or 3G, so you'll need a phone

that's at least 4G LTE. As I posted elsewhere here, you'll be able to use 4G LTE for at least several years. You don't have to have a 5G phone.

If that's a phone you got through Verizon, which some of what I read suggests it might have been, then you need to know that Verizon will be retiring their CDMA network completely by the end of this year.

https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-218813/

You should be able to find a 4G LTE phone and plan for a reasonable price. Again, you don't have to have 5G yet.

[Mr.Bill]

22. Thanks. I've had it since around 2006-7.

Whenever I go to the Verizon store with my wife, who has a smart phone, they tell me "That phone won't work after January 1st." They've been telling me that for about five years. I guess maybe it's for real this time.

[jcgoldie]

6. I dont think it will wok

I wouldnt even try to cook rice on it thats just me..

[RainCaster]

7. It's not really about 3G, it's about VoLTE

At least that's how it went with my wife's phone on AT&T. We had identical phones, but mine had VoLTE enabled. Hers was banned, mine was allowed.

[highplainsdem]

8. If it's 4G LTE, that should be good for at least several more years. 5G isn't necessary yet.

[MerryHolidays]

13. I agree. For T-Mobile, 5G is for data around these parts (NorCal). Nt

[JCMach1]

18. 5G, frankly is a joke. You only get higher speeds at shorter distance... Consequently, it's

marginally better to worse depending on where you are at a given moment. It also seems to get blocked easier than previous bandwidth generations...

It's really, really going to suck in rural areas unless you are right next to a tower.

[highplainsdem]

19. That's why 4G LTE is going to be around for so long.