> > IPhones handsets this part of the world are not common handsets to > majority of the end-users who are not middle class folk and even most > middle class folk still settle for cost effective Android handsets. >
Android has had IPv6 support for what,10 years now? (Ignoring the SLAAC vs DHCPv6 Holy Wars intentionally.) On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 11:56 AM Noah <n...@neo.co.tz> wrote: > > > On Fri, 6 Aug 2021, 18:35 Fred Baker, <fredbaker.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> > On Aug 6, 2021, at 8:22 AM, Noah <n...@neo.co.tz> wrote: >> > >> > Do majority of smart handsets OS today support v6? >> > >> > Majority of people I know (due to economic factors) own lowend android >> handsets with no support for v6. This group forms majority of eyeballs that >> contribute revenue to local Telecoms whose network is heavily CGNAT. >> >> Handsets - Cameron would be in a better place than I to discuss this, but >> certainly anything used to connect to his network (T-Mobile) does, and >> enables access with IPv4 turned off. That includes at least iPhone (the >> handset I use to access his network), > > > IPhones handsets this part of the world are not common handsets to > majority of the end-users who are not middle class folk and even most > middle class folk still settle for cost effective Android handsets. > > and Android. https://thirdinternet.com/ipv6-on-mobile-devices/ > > > > For a tech savvy end-user the above tutorial is useful and only useful if > the Teleco has made the effort to provide v6. > > Most data bundles are auto configured with v4 and v6 disabled for the > obvious reasons that is CGNAT still rocks. > > >> >> As to other systems, Apple and Linux platforms, and more recently >> Windows, supports IPv6, and has for quite a while. Issues there tend to be >> in specific applications (due to the socket interface). >> > > > Ack but this is for only those tech savvy end-users with keep interest for > v6. > > NAT still works and misconceptions of NAT providing some level of unknown > security are still widely common. > > Noah > >>
