Might be buying nokia 5530

Hey,
I might be buying nokia 5530 tomorrow,since my old nokia N95 was broken.
I'm planning to buy the pay as you go, on nokia 5530 as its much cheaper and i;ve used orange since i was quite young, and when  i had my first phone.
Previously i had a orange pay as you go on nokia n95, but it was quite slow and caused the phone to crash. Will this happen to the nokia 5530? I heard orange mess the phones up.
I'm not sure if i should buy nokia 5530, as it lacks of 3G. Can anyone explain what 3G is? Do i need it when surfing the internet? I mainly check my facebook really.
Thnks

operator software does ruin your phone
have a look at the following threads here
/discussions/board/message?board.id=topfaq&thread.​id=148
/discussions/board/message?board.id=topfaq&thread.​id=114
these are posted by our veteran members
all you need to know about 3g no you dont need 3g to browse web its just faster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G
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