I am due for an upgrade from the Droid Eris. I currently live in a 4G area but will be moving to a area within the next year that is not covered by 4G (and probably won't be for many years). Therefore ...

Verizon, one of the biggest telecommunications companies in the United States, is planning to shut down its 3G network at the end of 2022. Although most of its customers are now using phones powered ...

The effort to shut down 3G is primarily to re-use the spectrum for 4G and 5G, which are newer standards, better technologies and more efficient than 3G. The same thing happened with 2G, which AT&T and ...

Commentary: Do disconnected customers still have to pay for service? Are there still free phones? We ask major carriers what people can do after 3G shuts down. Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for ...

With Verizon's official 3G shutdown looming for New Year's Eve, the carrier is finding an answer for people with older phones. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he/him ...

Aaron Hommell bought his 3G iPhone 5 in 2014 and kept it for more than seven years, holding onto it even after the screen cracked and a long list of faster models hit the market. Then a year ago, AT&T ...