GSM And GPRS Mobile Systems
| Field | Mobile phones |
| Went Obsolete | Early 2000s |
| Made Obsolete By | By the introduction of 3G mobile technology |
| Knowledge Assumed | Some fingers and half a brain |
| When useful | Not likely |
Those of us in Ye Olde United States often still have 2.75G (EDGE) cell phones at best; only you fancy Europeans and Japanese have 3.5 or 4 or whatever you're up to nowadays.
There is still widespread use of 2G and GPRS in most of Europe at least because lots of consumer devices have these radios built in. (eg. TomTom sat navs for weather/traffic updates).
