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One thing was pricing (back when UMTS was all about selling video calls, the operators slapped on an higher charge), another was that until recently the handheld screens (never mind cameras) were very low resolution.

These days however it is all data.




When Three launched in Sweden, they made video calls free for an introductory period. Adoption was still abysmal.




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