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5 years is enough time for the underlying cell technology to have shifted somehow and carriers will eventually stop supporting devices that don’t work on their new networks.

You probably can’t take a 10 or 15 year old cell phone and expect it to work on any carrier out there today.

There is an upper bound to how long a phone will even worn on a network...



> You probably can’t take a 10 or 15 year old cell phone and expect it to work on any carrier out there today.

I believe that the Nokia 3310, released 19 years ago, is still compatible with many networks nowadays (with somewhat degraded coverage). GSM turndowns: https://1ot.mobi/blog/2g-and-3g-networks-are-shutting-down-g...


Isn't that the point of modularity?




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