With Verizon's official 3G shutdown looming for New Year's Eve ... comment about why it chose to send such poorly received flip phones. Verizon said customers can opt out of getting their free ...

You might not think many people still use 3G phones or flip phones, but with 3G networks ... different scheduled shutoffs of 3G networks. “Mobile carriers are shutting down their 3G networks ...

Verizon is also letting customers deny the free flip phones. They can call customer ... On July 1st, 2022, T-Mobile also shut down its legacy 3G UMTS network. The self-proclaimed Un-carrier ...

T-Mobile is the most recent carrier to retire its 3G networks ... of sending out free 4G-capable phones to affected customers, which will be older flip phones made by TCL, Nokia and Orbic.

Back when the first cell phones with touchscreens came out, people couldn’t ditch their outdated flip phones fast enough. But now, when the average American spends nearly five-and-a-half hours a ...