For one soon HMD/Nokia will come out with a new Nokia 3310 as the first dumbphone with 5G
What do you need 5G for on a dumb phone, anyway?
Two words: future proofing. In many places, 2G and 3G networks are either turned off already, or will shutdown in a year or two. Especially with the dumb phone target audience, a phone that will become a brick in a couple of years, is most definitely not something they're looking for.
For one soon HMD/Nokia will come out with a new Nokia 3310 as the first dumbphone with 5G
What do you need 5G for on a dumb phone, anyway?
Two words: future proofing. In many places, 2G and 3G networks are either turned off already, or will shutdown in a year or two. Especially with the dumb phone target audience, a phone that will become a brick in a couple of years, is most definitely not something they're looking for.