2G mobile phones better than smartphones in making calls in rural areas

People living in rural areas should hang up their smartphones if they want to actually make phone calls, new research from communications regulator Ofcom suggests.

A new research has suggested that people living in rural areas should stop using 3G smartphones and instead switch to older 2G versions which are better in making calls from rural areas. Communication regulator Ofcom’s study has found that feature phones fared better in making, starting and completing calls from rural areas as they allowed more internal space for aerials. ”