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The vanishing of the small high-end smartphone
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this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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At this point I'd rather buy a super outdated smartphone. They're small enough for my hands and pockets, dirt cheap and still functional, and most of the good games left on Android are only available on those old versions.
I held onto my Sony XZ2c for months after calls stopped working on it after the US 3G shutdown. I got a flip phone for making calls.
The worst part? The XZ2c has VoLTE calling capability, but all the US phone companies refuse to support it on their networks.
Now I'm begrudgingly using a OnePlus 6 and praying that I don't drop the massive thing >:[
Basically, even if we want to use aging tech we're held hostage by telecom companies, who obviously would prefer to rope people into new devices on credit plans. ARGH
So wait, if US companies don't support VoLTE then how do they do calls over 4G and 5G?
It was that VoLTE wasn't supported for that particular model of phone. VoLTE is very much the norm here although I'm unsure if every phone uses it now. My flip phone probably doesn't, but it's hard to tell with how stripped down its manufacturer-customized Android is.