I maaaay have taken my phone on an accidental trip in a pool and was given an old phone to use as temporary. Has a headphone port. Saw the radio app and realized how do many of my smart phones even had radio access even though they all are capable. Bastards

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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Something I found out, at least where I live, even without a SIM your old phone can still make emergency calls. Even your old smart phone can be useful in an emergency bag. Battery would be the issue but if there's a decent power Bank that can stay charged for long periods that might work too

[–] pftbest@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Recently there has been a movement for "3g shutdown" in some parts of the world, but I guess it will spread with time too. So unfortunately it will stop working at some point.

[–] Ushmel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does emergency call go through 3G? I thought it was something lower.

[–] pftbest@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

It's just a name you can google, it's not specifically 3g only. In practice what they want to do is to remove all voice services that are not VoLTE, which includes the older systems too. In Australia they even started to ban phone models that are not able to do emergency calls over VoLTE properly.