This isn’t the slam dunk that people think it is, unfortunately. You see, in addition to controlling the cellular radio and all of those details, the bass band

This isn’t the slam dunk that people think it is, unfortunately. You see, in addition to controlling the cellular radio and all of those details, the bass band processor also does real time noise cancellation and a variety of other call quality functions that you would immediately miss if they were not there. That processor is actually doing a lot of different things and is difficult to remove from a phone and maintain what most people would consider an acceptable user experience.