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It's the 3rd generation. It refers to Wi-Fi or internet connection. 3G is faster than 2G and a 4G had recently been released in China which is faster than 3G.

It finds applications in wireless voice telephony, mobile Internet access, Fixed Wireless Internet access, video calls and mobile TV.

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It is basically like having high speed internet ...If you just use your cell phone to basically talk...it is a waste of money.It determines the speed of uploading and downloading things to your phone.

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3G is just saying your phone has high speed Internet or high speed usage.

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The G is not Generation, as most people think and say.

It is the the IEEE 802.11 protocol for wireless technology

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It's either compatibile with International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000 or 3G) and/or the phone is the third generation of it's model.

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3G means third generation

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