From: marionf@fact.com   
      
   AJL wrote:   
   >>> I'm just waiting for my battery to go bad so that I have an excuse   
   >>> to spend the bucks for a new phone but the damn thing just keeps on   
   >>> working...   
   >   
   >> I have no problem with reception, where my 2021 phone is both 5G &   
   >> 5G. The 5 amp hour battery on my Galaxy A32-5G is similarly strong   
   >> as a horse.   
   >   
   > The only possible problem with my S10+ being old is that there's no   
   > more updates. The last one was 1.5 years ago. Dunno how much of a   
   > security problem that is but I don't keep anything sensitive on it   
   > anymore just to be safe...   
      
   I don't fully disagree with you as I'm in the same boat on my Galaxy.   
   It's an A32-5G that I got free (for the sales tax) in April of 2021.   
      
   It's on Android 13, where I don't know of anything in 16 that I need.   
   In Settings, my Android Security Patch Level is February 1st. 2025.   
      
   As I recall, it was born with Android 11 so that's 3 Android versions.   
   And we can infer that it got 4 years of full hotfix security updates.   
      
   Where I slightly disagree with what you said is that a lot of people are   
   unaware that the core modules are updated forever (as far as we know).   
      
   That means every single Android 10 and up phone (which is billions) is   
   updated every month forever (as far as we're aware) on the Internet.   
      
   So we're still getting security updates but only to the core modules.   
   Of course, the apps are still getting security updates if set to auto.   
      
   Since the Apple trolls aren't on this group, I can safely say without a   
   flame war happening that this is an immense advantage over iOS updates.   
      
   When an iOS device reaches the end of support, it becomes toxic fast.   
   The only regular updates are those of the apps but not of the system.   
      
   It's ironic actually, that Android support is now better than Apple.   
   But back to the OP's initial question (which I'm not sure I understood).   
      
   As far as I know, any "modern" phone can handle 4G and many handle 5G.   
   All major US carriers offer both 4G and 5G service around the USA.   
      
   If the OP needs to know the signal strength, plenty of wi-fi debugging apps   
   will show him his signal strength for his carrier (in dBm units).   
      
   IMHO, the OP should look for decibels above -120 (i.e., minus 100 is OK).   
      
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