Skip to main content
Forum FAQ's
cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

This page is no longer active

close

   

For up-to-date information and comments, search the EE Community or start a new topic.

Is my phone 4G compatible?

kernowhoop
Established Contributor
Established Contributor

‎14-07-2021 06:16 PM

BT is going to dump the 3G network in the next year or so. I have an elderly, not smart, not touch-screen, SIM-only, Nokia 6300 - an 'unknown device' as far as EE is concerned. I have poked around on the phone, but cannot see whether it is 4G compatible, or only 3G. Any idea how I can find out, please?

0 Helpful
4 REPLIES 4
Northerner
EE Community Star
EE Community Star

‎14-07-2021 06:50 PM

Hi @kernowhoop 

 

Is your handset the 2007 or 2021 version. If 2007 then it's not 4G.

 

I wouldn't worry about 3G as it's going nowhere for a couple of years. .

 

Thanks



To contact EE Customer Services dial 150 From your EE mobile or 0800 956 6000 from any other phone. You can call Freephone +44 800 079 8586 on Skype

EE standard opening hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 9pm - Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 8pm.
kernowhoop
Established Contributor
Established Contributor
In response to Northerner

‎14-07-2021 06:57 PM - last edited on ‎14-07-2021 08:29 PM by EE Community Moderator

Thank you very much. Definitely not the 2021 version! It is in fact, rarely used, but a beautiful little phone. I take encouragement from your thoughts about the disappearance of 3g, however.

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

David

Tel: xxxxxxxxxx
Tel: xxxxxxxxxx
Mob: xxxxxxxxx

 

[Mod edit: Please do not share personal details as your posts are visible to the public. Thanks!]

0 Helpful
EssexBoyEE
Ace Contributor
Ace Contributor
In response to kernowhoop

‎14-07-2021 10:10 PM - edited ‎14-07-2021 10:14 PM

The ,2G Services (GSM900 and GSM/PCN1800) won't be able to be switched off before 2025 under the agreed International Roaming Agreements, so there is no way that 3G Services will be switched off untill way after then.

 

What may happen is the T Mobile Service will be closed within the next year or so, but the EE Network will still cater for a 3G Service under the EE Banner.

 

Also over time before closing 3G again what will probably happen is more of the 3G Spectrum will get refarmed for 4 & 5g the side effect of that will mean less Bandwidth for Data, but Voice and Text will still be covered.

 

I would agree with @Northerner that your be fine for quiet a few years yet

0 Helpful
uvarvu
Established Contributor
Established Contributor
In response to EssexBoyEE

‎15-07-2021 11:15 AM

3G will be gone by the end of 2023.   Good riddance as well.  I remember being an early adopter on Three with one of those nasty NEC phones and all I got was walled garden rubbish.

 

https://newsroom.bt.com/ee-to-offer-5g-solutions-across-the-entire-uk-as-bt-group-unveil-new-mobile-...

0 Helpful