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Originally Posted by cy8aer View Post
... and as I understand this only works without any modification of the board. A radio module is a modification without any support by the OS. If it does not work (e. g. high frequency influences to other components) you will go into the same desaster as Jolla did. Every modification makes the device more expensive, it will last more time for shipping and will frustrate more people.
I fully agree with this - while it would be nice to have connectivity on the go, I think actually having a device available at reasonable cost and in reasonable timeframe has absolute priority.

And if it turns out adding a modem is not impossible, it can see it being done as a second production run or something similar.
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