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Given Apple have gone cellular with everything all the way down to the Watch, I’m always amazed they never included it in a Macbook.
by Kognito 6y ago
Given Apple have gone cellular with everything all the way down to the Watch, I’m always amazed they never included it in a Macbook.
- bzzzt 6y agoThey expect you to have an iPhone; using that for cellular data is literally one click away.
- yarcob 6y agoYou could make the same argument for the iPad. But they do sell cellular iPads. In my experience, personal hotspot on my Macbook takes about 30 seconds to connect, and it sometimes just fails to connect altogether. It disconnects when I close my Macbook, so next time I open it I need to connect again. Sometimes my phone doesn't show up in the Wifi menu and I need to manually start hotspot mode on my iPhone. I'd much prefer a built-in cellular modem.
- 8ytecoder 6y agoThere’s a solid reason to have a cellular modem in a MacBook - data only plans. It’s cheaper in the US to buy a cellular plan addon for iPad than to pay for data as part of the main plan.
- copperx 6y agoI remember that Qualcomm licences their modems for an outrageous price if they're for a computer, that might be a reason they were never included. But I believe Apple will now manufacture their own cellular chips.