Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoPhones are handheld computers now. Why aren't laptops phones? I know you can use VoIP or tether to a phone, but why don't laptops have LTE or 5G modules and SIM card slots as a standard?message-squaremessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down110
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squarePhones are handheld computers now. Why aren't laptops phones? I know you can use VoIP or tether to a phone, but why don't laptops have LTE or 5G modules and SIM card slots as a standard?Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square66linkfedilink
minus-squarecreamlike504@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoSomething like a removable “mobile chip” for a laptop could address this problem. Framework could probably pull it off, but I don’t know if the market incentives it.
minus-squareCannedYeet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoI have a framework laptop. The Wi-Fi chip is its own module on an M.2 slot. LTE modules in this form factor already exist.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoFramework already released the specification for the add-ons. So some other folk can also make it if they want.
Something like a removable “mobile chip” for a laptop could address this problem. Framework could probably pull it off, but I don’t know if the market incentives it.
I have a framework laptop. The Wi-Fi chip is its own module on an M.2 slot. LTE modules in this form factor already exist.
Framework already released the specification for the add-ons. So some other folk can also make it if they want.