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- T-Mobile will give you a free 5G phone if you are still on 2G service.
- The carrier will shut down its 2G network in 2024.
- Multiple phones are available for free, but the OnePlus Nord N300 is the one you should want.
2G service has been around since the 90s. With the subsequent rollouts of 3G, 4G, and now 5G, however, there’s not much need for 2G anymore. In fact, both Verizon and AT&T have already shut down their 2G services.
Notably, T-Mobile has been a holdout in this area. Finally, though, T-Mo will shut down 2G service on April 2, 2o24, according to some internal documents seen by The Mobile Report. To help get customers off the 2G network in time for the shutdown, T-Mobile is giving away free phones.