Re: "Safe" cell phone WiFi capabilities?

On 5/17/2024 5:55 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:

On 2024-05-17, Don Y wrote:

For "nominal" cell phones (i.e., taking into consideration
that not ever subscriber buys The Latest and Greatest),
what's the "base" WiFi capability one would feel comfortable
assuming?  ac?  ax?

 Assuming you're limiting the question to the set of cellphones that
actually implement wifi, 802.11b ... but what are you *REALLY* trying to
ask for?

There are several different "generations" of WiFi, each with
different effective (data) bandwidths.
The most commonly referenced include:  802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g,
802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11ax and, most recently, 802.11be.  The
last four of these are now referenced as "WiFi 4" thru "WiFi 7".
E.g., the APs in my house are compatible with all *to* "WiFi 6".
The level/revision of WiFi implemented by phones vary -- with
their date of manufacture, along with the goals of their
designers.  E.g., the examplars that I presented (elsewhere)
show iPhones supporting (802.11)ac while other manufacturers
were still supporting n.
[Note that n is a ~2008 era technology while ac is ~2015
and ax is ~2020.  Does this suggest that any phone made
"within the last 5 years" -- an interval Martin suggests
should cover "most" phones now in use -- should be "ax"?]