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Why would a maker of a cheap TV bother with cell connectivity? It doesn't come for free as there would be extra components and an ongoing cell service subscript
by palmotea 10mo ago
Why would a maker of a cheap TV bother with cell connectivity? It doesn't come for free as there would be extra components and an ongoing cell service subscription they'd have to pay for, and that could add up to a big fraction of the total cost at the low end. Plus the vast majority of buyers are going to connect the TV to their network anyway to use streaming apps.
- karmakaze 10mo agoFree neighborhood internet sounds great until we consider what could follow.
- 112233 10mo agoHardly anything in current TV pricing makes any sense. 763€ for LG OLED42C5, while cheapest current gen iphone is pushing 1k€. If, as is asserted, telemetry is such a golden ore, getting uninterruped access to it would surely cover the cost, at least in some markets.