From: ekblaw@vnet.ibm.com   
      
   On Friday, January 27, 2023 at 9:12:52 AM UTC-5, Louis Ohland wrote:   
   > Charter [aka Spectrum] has ONE flip phone, the Orbic. It looks that a    
   > phone must be 4G at a minimum, but they sure as hell wandt you to buy a    
   > smartphone....   
      
   Yep, the "Spectrum One" or "Spectrum Phone" plans expect you to provide a 4G   
   or 5G smartphone, as Verizon wants to eliminate the 3G network entirely (they   
   aren't there yet, but they're trying).  When new, the battery on my Motorola G   
   Power (2020 edition)    
   lasted for a little over 2 weeks, now it gets about 1 week before it needs to   
   be recharged.  That's still better than many Android or Apple phones, some of   
   which require daily recharging.  Back when I was using my LG Accolade VX5600   
   flip phone on Verizon    
   (circa 2011), I could go almost a month between charges.  "With great power   
   comes short battery life"   
      
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