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    May 27th, 2019 02:11 PM #1
    Quote Originally Posted by oj88 View Post
    The way it usually works is the opposite.... deploy 5G telco equipment to drive the users to upgrade to 5G phones.

    Wasn't that a selling point for smartphones way back? When LTE towers started to pop up in Metro Manila, everybody was stumbling to buy a 4G/LTE phone.

    I know I did. During the switch to 4G/LTE, I ditched my HTC Desire Z (3G) and ponied up for a Sony Xperia Z (4G).
    For the major areas and cities yes. But for the rest they will wait for midrange smartphones with 5G before rolling out to those areas. Even now may mga municipalities pa nga na walang LTE eh. 3G plus pa rin.

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    May 27th, 2019 02:38 PM #2
    Quote Originally Posted by Ry_Tower View Post
    For the major areas and cities yes. But for the rest they will wait for midrange smartphones with 5G before rolling out to those areas. Even now may mga municipalities pa nga na walang LTE eh. 3G plus pa rin.

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    I doubt that they will wait. It's just good business sense to prioritize.... densely populated cities and areas first and fan out to remote and rural areas. As a result, as of late 2018, Globe claims that nearly 95% of their cell sites nationwide are 4G/LTE.

    For the most part, the delays may also be due to permits being stonewalled or falling into the cracks of bureaucracy and red tape. Not the least reason of which are the NPA or some other factions still demanding revolutionary tax for businesses (or cell towers) if it's within the territories they have control over.
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    May 28th, 2019 07:14 AM #3
    Free phone from Globe the plan 1299 recontracting..

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    May 28th, 2019 12:36 PM #4
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    Free phone from Globe the plan 1299 recontracting..

    hmmm. phone was released in 2018...

    should be running Android 9 right now, but that's the last update it's getting...

    biggest drawback for me is that it's using microUSB...
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    May 28th, 2019 12:51 PM #5
    still has the highest antutu score among the free phones.. the choices were Samsung A30, Oppo A3s, Asus Zenfone Max Plus, Huawei Y7 Pro 2019 (all w/o cash out)..


    Quote Originally Posted by ice15 View Post
    hmmm. phone was released in 2018...

    should be running Android 9 right now, but that's the last update it's getting...

    biggest drawback for me is that it's using microUSB...
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    May 28th, 2019 03:33 PM #6
    Quote Originally Posted by _Qwerty_ View Post
    still has the highest antutu score among the free phones.. the choices were Samsung A30, Oppo A3s, Asus Zenfone Max Plus, Huawei Y7 Pro 2019 (all w/o cash out)..
    Voting for the Samsung...

    Zenfone Max Plus (M1) was released in 2017!

    18 months lang guaranteed security updates ng Android so the newer the better...
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