I worked on the 3G roll out for a national telco, video calls were the major focus of the marketing and branding message.
Whether Gen 1 3G was ever capable of delivering on that message is a totally different topic. For a recent example see the messaging vs reality around FB metaverse.
Maybe not in the 3G era but now that 4G LTE and 5G are pretty widely available I see people video chatting quite often when I’m out and about.
I worked on the 3G roll out for a national telco, video calls were the major focus of the marketing and branding message.
Whether Gen 1 3G was ever capable of delivering on that message is a totally different topic. For a recent example see the messaging vs reality around FB metaverse.