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You can plug your phone into your laptop which conveniently has a very big battery (and has great battery life, if it's a Mac) to keep it charged.

• kevincox 3y ago
  No you are juggling two devices connected by a cable. Definitely not as convenient as having it built in to the laptop.
  • JohnBooty 3y ago
    juggling? like you're walking around and using the laptop while physically tethered? that's unwieldy for sure! but how often is that? any time i've used my phone as a hotspot i was not walking around. i'm not arguing that nobody ever needs this. i bet some do. also if cost is no obstacle of course it's better to have multiple options. i'm mostly responding to the commenters above that are aghast that there still aren't modems on Macbooks in 2023. i feel it's a very niche feature!
  • c22 3y ago
    I stuck velcro on my phone and my laptop to solve this problem.