Packet 7: Tossup 7

The power efficiency of these consumer devices is improved with the DRX feature. The safety of these consumer devices is generally reported with the SAR measure. The OFDM scheme used by these consumer devices has a higher crest factor than the Gaussian minimum-shift keying used in one standard for them. While in use, these consumer devices are redirected from a source to a target in a (*) handover. A “Holy War” in the late 90s between Qualcomm and Ericsson concerned whether these consumer devices (-5[1])should use North America’s CDMA (-5[1])standard (10[1])or the (-5[1])European GSM standard. The Symbian OS was designed for popular examples of these devices in the 2000s (-5[1])manufactured by Nokia. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[2])what consumer devices connect to the Internet using standards such as LTE and 5G, (10[2])as well as a SIM card? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: cell phones [or cellular phones or smartphones or mobile phones; prompt on telephones; reject “landline (phones)”]
<BC, Other Science (Engineering)> | NAFTA-Packet-7
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%0%50%111.75
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/2026250%0%50%115.00
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/20264100%0%25%107.00
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20263100%0%33%103.67
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20255100%0%60%119.20
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/20255100%0%20%118.60
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%33%0%89.33
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/20254100%0%50%114.75
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/2025683%0%33%110.80
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/20255100%0%0%105.80
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/20252100%0%50%102.00