Original iPhone Loses Its Last Cellular Network as T-Mobile Kills 2G

[GrumpyOldGuy52]

There might be a market for those old Macs. There were some games that I was able to play on my 2006 MacBook but couldn't play on my 2010 MBP. Tropico 4 and some Lego games come to mind. I forget the specifics on why they weren't playable.

But yeah, after I realized older electronics break down, I get rid of them if I don't need them. Batteries start expanding, my iMac G4's screen started delaminating. Not worth it.

I’m still rocking a Mac SE as a dedicated writing machine, a 5.5 gen iPod (used daily), and a B&W G3 running. Each of them have been upgraded, yes, but to extend their usability. Old tech has a place (not for everyone, I know, but it does).

 

[Astuces iOS]

Ask refund guys, this is programmed obsolescence

 

[kwikdeth]

Still use my original iPhone as a music player. Decent battery life after all this time as well (in airplane mode at least)

 

[AppleTO]

Does this mean I can still use my iPhone 5 on a cell network?

The iPhone 5 (and 5s) supports LTE but not VoLTE. So maybe, but not fully. Voice calls wouldn’t work.

The 4s and older wouldn’t work at all.

The 6 supports VoLTE, so it would be the oldest still fully functioning iPhone.

 

[Böhme417]

This isn’t true. I had an iPhone since the 3G, the second iPhone, and that was with Verizon.

Not possible. The first iPhone that could be used on Verizon was the iPhone 4. The original, 3G, and 3GS were GSM only.

 

[usmaak]

Wasn't the original iPhone locked to AT&T? I thought unlocking didn't come along until later.

I remember I wanted one but ended up on Samsung Galaxy S3 because I was on Sprint.

 

[mectojic]

Pour one out for people who were still using the original iPhone.

 

[obviouslogic]

Did you not read the article?

The article says NOTHING about people with original iPhones

 

[MacLawyer]

That’s a shame. I always keep all my old tech but beginning to wonder why as it just becomes bricked by software in time…

For example is have some old iMacs from 2008 that still work and run fine but won’t connect to iTunes and most websites don’t even work anymore.

I doubt these will ever be worth anything so might as well just sell before it gets to this point

There is a growing market among collectors for vintage Apple stuff. Take your devices to a local vintage computer fair. One is happening in Schaumburg, IL in September.

 

[DBZmusicboy01]

This isn’t true. I had an iPhone since the 3G, the second iPhone, and that was with Verizon.

iPhone 4 was Verizon first time.
Now I believe they also allowed older iPhones once it came out for iPhone 4.

 

[webkit]

Also it was cingular at the time.

It was officially AT&T by the time the iPhone went on sale, although there may have been some minor leftover Cingular branding elements still around.

 

[Mrjoedot]

2G's been around until now? thought those signals were out maybe 10 years ago

 

[Nermal]

I remember I wanted one but ended up on Samsung Galaxy S3 because I was on Sprint.

I got a first gen iPod Touch (well, first and a half: they did a mid-cycle refresh with 32 GB of storage and that's the one I got). My first actual iPhone was a 4S as that was the first one available from my provider. It was possible to "hack" a 3G/3GS but from memory iOS updates could break it.

 

[PsykX]

It basically became an iPod Touch, which is still a great device 🙂