Smartphones - what does 3G stand for?

Question

I have a Samsung Blackjack. On the upper margin of screen, sometimes there's an E, sometimes a G, and sometimes 3G. What do these mean? I guess they may have to do with signal quality?

Answer 1

3G is the third generation of mobile phone standards and technology, superseding 2G. It is based on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) family of standards under the International Mobile Telecommunications programme, IMT-2000.

3G technologies enable network operators to offer users a wider range of more advanced services while achieving greater network capacity through improved spectral efficiency. Services include wide-area wireless voice telephony, video calls, and broadband wireless data, all in a mobile environment. Additional features also include HSPA data transmission capabilities able to deliver speeds up to 14.4Mbit/s on the downlink and 5.8Mbit/s on the uplink.

Unlike IEEE 802.11 networks, 3G networks are wide area cellular telephone networks which evolved to incorporate high-speed internet access and video telephony. IEEE 802.11 (common names Wi-Fi or WLAN) networks are short range, high-bandwidth networks primarily developed for data.

Hope the information can solve your curiosity.

Answer 2

3G is a type of connectivity that is the next generation past GPRS. It just means you have access to much faster internet speeds

Answer 3

3g is the network.

Its the newer version of GPRS and CDMA